Santoalla

Name: Santoalla
Genre: Mystery, Documentary
Released: July 19, 2017
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Carlos Rodriguez, Jovita Rodríguez, Julio Rodríguez, Manolo Rodríguez, Margo Verfondern

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Journeyman Pictures | Release Date: July 19, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Carlos Rodriguez, Jovita Rodríguez, Julio Rodríguez, Manolo Rodríguez, Margo Verfondern, Martin Verfondern

Summary: Progressive Dutch couple, Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool, had only one dream – to live off the land, far from the constraints and complications of the city. But, when they arrive in the remote, Spanish village of Santoalla, the foreigners challenge the traditions of the Rodríguez family, the only remaining residents, igniting aProgressive Dutch couple, Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool, had only one dream – to live off the land, far from the constraints and complications of the city. But, when they arrive in the remote, Spanish village of Santoalla, the foreigners challenge the traditions of the Rodríguez family, the only remaining residents, igniting a decade-long conflict that culminates in Martin's mysterious disappearance. As this once forgotten landscape is thrust into the center of controversy, Margo finds herself searching not only for answers, but for the strength to persevere.… Expand

Director: Andrew Becker and Daniel Mehrer

Genre(s): Mystery, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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Jessica Kiang

Jul 26, 2017

While Santoalla is a small story, its poignancy resonates, like an echo finding its way through the peaks and valleys of this windswept, eternal landscape. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Jul 20, 2017

A documentary that had this reviewer wondering if it was a real or faux doc until the very end. Turns out it’s real, but the suspicion that it might be otherwise is a tribute both to the debuting filmmakers’ skills in shaping their story and that story’s innate dramatic power. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jul 19, 2017

Santoalla ends with the mystery solved. The threads that remain hanging imbue this peculiar story of paradise lost with a tragic resonance. Read full review

Neil Young

Jul 19, 2017

Santoalla isn't without its longueurs, even at 83 minutes, and can veer into the repetitive at times. But it scores in its judicious combination of archival materials (some of it shot by camcorder-fan Verfondern himself) with the directors' own interview-based footage, taking that most ancient of squabbles — a feud between farmers — and turning it into a poignant elegy for tragically lost opportunities. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jul 27, 2017

It focuses on how the best intentions toward humanity are not enough if an ability to actually get along with fellow human beings is not part of the mix. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Jul 3, 2017

Andrew Becker and Daniel Mehrer get close to their subjects only to retreat when things get truly dangerous. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jul 18, 2017

A story is only as interesting as what can be drawn from it, and Becker and Mehrer seem reluctant to draw too much, perhaps realizing the confines they have to work within; even at a scant 83 minutes, the movie feels over-stretched. Read full review

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