Jauja + Introduction

Viggo Mortensen plays a Danish captain, Gunnar Dinesen, working for the Argentine army in 1882 Patagonia. He is accompanied by his 15-year-old-daughter, Ingeborg, who finds love with a young soldier. The couple run away, leaving Dinesen distraught. Blinded by rage and desperation, he embarks on a solitary journey across an unforgiving mythical land in hopes of finding his beloved daughter.

Acclaimed Argentine director Lisandro Alonso breathes life into this revisionist western that pulsates with breathtaking beauty and colonial critique.

This screening will be introduced by Oscar Guardiola-Rivera.

Jauja, dir. Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/Denmark/Mexico/Brazil/France/Netherlands/USA 2014, Spanish, Danish and French with English subtitles, 110 min.

Oscar Guardiola-Rivera is a writer, cultural critic, and Professor of Human Rights and Political Philosophy at Birkbeck College. His book What if Latin America Ruled the World? (Bloomsbury, 2010) won the Frantz Fanon award, and he is the author of many other acclaimed works, including Story of a Death Foretold (Bloomsbury, 2013).