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Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles

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Having languished in a closet for more than 30 years, this newly rediscovered film is a unique documentary record of a bold and troubling experiment in criminal justice. A collaboration in between Walter Saxer, the producer of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, and the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles observes an open-air penal colony of the same name, created in 1951 by the Peruvian government in the Amazonian jungle. Tasked with growing crops on these colonized lands, the inmates were permitted to roam freely, commune with their families, and dance and cook together, yet they soon found themselves in despair, abandoned and forgotten by their country and the world at large.

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Glenn Kenny New York Times 10/15/2022
A provocative addition to the literature of incarceration. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Walter Saxer

Director

Burkhard Driest

Narrator

Mario Vargas Llosa

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Walter Saxer

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Mario Vargas Llosa

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Walter Saxer

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Synopsis Having languished in a closet for more than 30 years, this newly rediscovered film is a unique documentary record of a bold and troubling experiment in criminal justice. A collaboration in between Walter Saxer, the producer of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, and the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles observes an open-air penal colony of the same name, created in 1951 by the Peruvian government in the Amazonian jungle. Tasked with growing crops on these colonized lands, the inmates were permitted to roam freely, commune with their families, and dance and cook together, yet they soon found themselves in despair, abandoned and forgotten by their country and the world at large.
Director
Walter Saxer
Producer
Walter Saxer
Screenwriter
Walter Saxer, Mario Vargas Llosa
Distributor
Dekanalog
Production Co
Wildlife Films, Alive Film & Video Productions, Balance Film GmbH
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 14, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 19m
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