2017 · mystery · drama · crime
Black Snow
Directed by Martín Hodara1h 30m2017
Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.
Our read: Black Snow (2017) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded mystery · drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured mystery / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
- cold
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