Directed by Christopher Murray · Chile · Fiction feature · Historical drama · Development
Rapa Nui, 1914. British archaeologist Katherine Routledge arrives on the most remote island in the world to solve the mystery of its giant stone statues. But as her investigation progresses, a native uprising led by a prophetess draws her into a conflict that will force her to confront the tension between revelation and madness.
Christopher Murray (Santiago de Chile, 1985) is the director of the feature films Manuel de Ribera, which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival 2010; The Blind Christ, which premiered in the Official Competition at the Venice Film Festival 2016; and Sorcery, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2023. He co-directed the documentaries Propaganda (2014) and God (2019), both premiered and awarded at Visions du Réel, and created the interactive documentary project MAFI – Filmic Map of a Country, which premiered internationally at IDFA 2012. He holds an MA in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester and is an academic at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in the filmmaking undergraduate programme and the MA in film studies; he directs the Anthropology and Film Practice diploma course.