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Zama
ARGENTINA · 2017

Zama

Lucrecia Martel
colonial bureaucracy desire and frustration social decay psychological deterioration imperial stagnation
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Synopsis

In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia.

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