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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Prestige, contemplative, grave and character-led.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Daniel Giménez CachoDon Diego de Zama
- Lola DueñasLuciana Piñares de Luenga
- Matheus NachtergaeleVicuña Porto / Gaspar Toledo
- Juan MinujínVentura Prieto
- Nahuel CanoManuel Fernández
- Mariana NunesMalemba
- Carlos DefeoEl Oriental
- Rafael SpregelburdCapitán Hipólito Parrilla
- Daniel VeroneseGobernador II
- Germán de SilvaIndalecio
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- Lucrecia MartelDirector
- Lucrecia MartelWriter
- Antonio Di BenedettoNovel
- Rui PoçasDirector of Photography
- Karen HarleyEditor
- Miguel SchverdfingerEditor
- Vânia CataniProducer
- Matías RovedaProducer
- Santiago GallelliProducer
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