MUBI Release UK Trailer For Felipe Gálvez’s Acclaimed The Settlers

Westerns might be the genre some may think is dead and every so a new film arrives. Majority of the time it reminds us why we do love like Felipe Gálvez’s Acclaimed The Settlers.

Ahead of it’s UK cinema release, MUBI have released it’s UK Trailer.

The Chilean film debuted back at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been gathering great reviews for Galvez in what is his debut feature. This is a searing and indelible take on the Western, blending historical specificity with vivid visual style. The film is set to be Chile’s entry for Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars.

The Settlers takes us deep into Chile’s Tierra del Fuego archipelago. It’s early 20th Century and follow three horsemen in charge of securing property for a wealthy landowner. Deep down the true mission is to ‘remove’ the local indigenous population from that land.

At the turn of the 20th century, three horsemen embark on an expedition across the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the behest of a wealthy landowner, tasked with securing his vast state-appointed property. Accompanying a reckless British lieutenant and an American mercenary is mestizo marksman Segundo, who comes to realize, amidst rising tensions within the group, their true mission is to murderously “remove” the indigenous population.

Set against stunning mountain landscapes, Chile’s Best International Feature Film entry to the 96th Academy Awards is a visceral reckoning with national myth and the attendant violence. Painterly yet piercing, this acclaimed frontier epic turns a bold eye to the past, daring to reimagine its depiction in the present and for the future.

This film stars Camilo Arancibia, Mark Stanley, and Benjamin Westfall. The Settlers will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 9th February.