Movies like Ship of fools
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Ship of fools (1995)
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Original name: La nave de los locos
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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.
Plot:
native american, courtroom, arson, cemetery, colonization, american indian, indian burial ground, burial ground
Place:
argentina
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