The Penal Colony

Synopsis

A foreign journalist arrives on a small Pacific island 200 miles off the coast of South America. Once a leper colony, the island was later transformed into a prison and then, under U.N. mandate, made into an independent republic. Yet despite democratic structures, the inhabitants--who speak a strange dialect composed of Spanish and English--still obey the old prison rules. After sending back detailed accounts of the torture and repression seen everywhere, the journalist realizes that she has fallen into the trap created for her by the islanders: lacking natural resources, the island's main export is news.

Main Cast

Mónica Echeverría

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Luis Alarcón

Head of state

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Aníbal Reyna

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Nelson Villagra

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Raúl Ruiz
Writing	Writer	Raúl Ruiz
	Story	Franz Kafka
Sound	Sound	Fernando Garcia
	Music	Mary Franco Lao
Production	Producer	Darío Pulgar
Crew	Photoscience Manager	Héctor Ríos
Editing	Editor	Carlos Piaggio
Camera	Director of Photography	Héctor Ríos
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