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Ship of Fools (1995)

Ship of Fools (1995)

Drama
Release Date: 1995, April 13
Directors: Ricardo Wullicher
Countries: Argentina
Cast: Marisa Paredes, Fernando Guillén, Miguel Ángel Solá, Inés Estévez, China Zorrilla

Overview:

In a small town in Patagonia (Southern Argentina), a Mapuche Indian chief sets a tourist complex under construction on fire. He denies all attempts to defend himself. Locked up, he waits for the arrival of "Caleuche," the Ship (Nave) of Fools (de los locos), a mythical figure of his ancestral strength which "made" him start the fire. An appointed lawyer (a white woman) comes to the chief's defence, alleging the chief had acted in self-defense as the white man was building commercial structures on the sacred burial grounds of his ancestors, and continued doing so even after heated protests.

Keywords:

native american courtroom arson argentina santiago del estero