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THE WILDEST BEAST

EL ANIMAL MÁS SALVAJE

con dirección de Facundo SOSA FERREIRA

F/CINE - como PROD

Histórica - Development 2025

En la brutal campaña uruguaya de 1880, un gaucho acusado de ser lobisón huye de una cacería implacable mientras enfrenta su propia transformación y las atrocidades de un despiadado latifundista. Un relato oscuro y visceral que entrelaza horror, opresión y la lucha contra un destino cruel.

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- Año de producción
- 2025
- Géneros
- Histórica, Western, Terror
- Paises
- URUGUAY
- Idiomas
- PORTUGUÉS - BRASILEÑO, ESPAÑOL
- Duración
- 90 mn
- Directores
- Facundo SOSA FERREIRA
- Guionista(s)
- Facundo SOSA FERREIRA
- Sinopsis
- In the harsh and unforgiving Uruguayan countryside of 1880, life is as tough as the ground beneath the feet of the local peasants. Luis, a nomadic and solitary gaucho, lives in harmony with nature while grappling with the haunting sense of being a stranger in his own land. His fragile existence is shattered when rumors of a lobisón—a mythical creature terrorizing the nights—spread across the region. Fear of the unknown, coupled with latent prejudice, fuels a paranoia that engulfs the community. The arrival of El Capataz, a ruthless lieutenant serving a powerful landowner known as El Patrón, ignites a relentless human hunt to find the supposed monster.
  
  Luis, accompanied by Teresa, an enslaved Afro-descendant woman trapped under El Patrón's tyranny, and Batista, a taciturn gaucho with whom he shares a secret relationship marked by intimacy and societal repression, tries to survive in a merciless world. However, when Batista, consumed by the fear of being outed as homosexual, betrays Luis to save himself, the protagonist becomes the prey of an unforgiving chase. Amidst a nature that alternately shelters and punishes him, Luis is dragged toward his darkest fate: transforming into the creature everyone fears.
  
  As Luis wrestles with his duality, the film delves into the brutal power dynamics that govern the countryside. El Patrón, a man driven by greed and contempt for the vulnerable, becomes the epicenter of horror. Teresa, caught between silence and resistance, bears witness to the atrocities committed in the Saladero—a microcosm of oppression and abuse. The final confrontation, under a full moon that illuminates both human and supernatural monstrosity, unleashes a bloody catharsis that redefines the notions of justice and damnation.
  
  The Most Savage Beast is not merely a tale of horror; it is a profound exploration of historical scars, resistance against oppression, and the struggle to break free from the invisible chains of tradition and fear. Spoken in portuñol, with a visceral visual approach and immersive sound design capturing the life and death of the countryside, this film stands as a fierce reflection of human conflicts that continue to echo today.

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