This film is part of our WINTER SERIES 'You Want It Darker'.
A Chilean stop-motion film inspired by the dark history of Colonia Dignidad, an isolated cult commune in Chile founded and controlled by German Nazi veterans.
After escaping a religious colony in Chile, Maria seeks refuge in the first place she finds, where she is taken in by two pigs—the sole inhabitants of a haunting, eerie house. In a true nightmare scenario, the house’s universe responds to her emotions, transforming in tune with her fears. The animals gradually morph into humans, and the house becomes a dark, menacing world, while outside, the voice of the invisible Wolf—the leader of the Colony—continues to pursue her.
This surreal, disturbing, and claustrophobic animated film feels like a dark, hellish fever dream, expressing the horrors of fascist terror in a way only animation can.