The Hyperboreans

The Hyperboreans

A film about a lost film.

2024 · 67 min · ★ 8.2 · Animation, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Actress and psychologist Antonia Giesen decides to film a script revealed by a voice within the mind of one of her patients. Seeking collaboration with the filmmaking duo León & Cociña, they craft a crossroads of theatre, science fiction, animation and fabulated biopic, populated by parallel worlds and haunted by the shadow of a Chilean Nazi writer as a demonic figure.

Directed by Cristóbal León · Written by Cristóbal León

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Antonia Giesen Antonia Giesen
Francisco Visceral Rivera Metalhead
Jaime Vadell Joaquín (voice)
Marcelo Liapiz Cristóbal (voice)
Álvaro Morales Prime Minister / The Imbunche (voice)

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