The Wolf House, by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña
Within the programming of
La Terraza Magnética 2024| Target audience: | General public |
| Duration: | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Price: | 4€ |
| Location: | Deck |
Initially conceived as an art installation, this stop motion animation film is inspired by the actual case of Colonia Dignidad. It adopts the form of a fable narrated by the leader of German sect in southern Chile that gradually evolves into a hypnotic tale about grotesque figures locked in a house.
The Wolf House, by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña. Chile, 2018. 113 min.
María is a young woman who finds refuge in a house after escaping from a sect of German religious fanatics in Chile. She is welcomed inside by its only inhabitants, two pigs. Like in a dream, the house begins to react to Maria's feelings. The pigs slowly turn into humans, and the house into a nightmarish world.
Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña (both born in Chile, 1980) studied at the Catholic University in Santiago de Chile and have worked together since 2007. Their films have been screened at museums and biennials across Latin America, as well as venues like the Whitechapel Gallery in London, the Guggenheim Museum and the Venice Biennale. They co-founded the film production company Diluvio with Niles Atallah. The Wolf House, their first feature film, was conceived as an art installation and a nomadic work-in-progress with different art venues as the backdrop.
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