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2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 23 m

2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 23 m

Summary Progressive Dutch couple, Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool, had only one dream – to live off the land, far from the constraints and complications of the city. But, when they arrive in the remote, Spanish village of Santoalla, the foreigners challenge the traditions of the Rodríguez family, the only remaining residents, igniting a decade-...

2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 23 m

2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 23 m

Santoalla

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Summary Progressive Dutch couple, Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool, had only one dream – to live off the land, far from the constraints and complications of the city. But, when they arrive in the remote, Spanish village of Santoalla, the foreigners challenge the traditions of the Rodríguez family, the only remaining residents, igniting a decade-...

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Margo Pool

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Martin Verfondern

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Manolo Rodríguez

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Jovita González

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Carlos Rodríguez

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Julio Rodríguez

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
7 Reviews

13% Mixed
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Jul 26, 2017

While Santoalla is a small story, its poignancy resonates, like an echo finding its way through the peaks and valleys of this windswept, eternal landscape.

By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

Jul 20, 2017

A documentary that had this reviewer wondering if it was a real or faux doc until the very end. Turns out it’s real, but the suspicion that it might be otherwise is a tribute both to the debuting filmmakers’ skills in shaping their story and that story’s innate dramatic power.

By Godfrey Cheshire FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jul 27, 2017

It focuses on how the best intentions toward humanity are not enough if an ability to actually get along with fellow human beings is not part of the mix.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jul 19, 2017

Santoalla isn't without its longueurs, even at 83 minutes, and can veer into the repetitive at times. But it scores in its judicious combination of archival materials (some of it shot by camcorder-fan Verfondern himself) with the directors' own interview-based footage, taking that most ancient of squabbles — a feud between farmers — and turning it into a poignant elegy for tragically lost opportunities.

By Neil Young FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jul 19, 2017

Santoalla ends with the mystery solved. The threads that remain hanging imbue this peculiar story of paradise lost with a tragic resonance.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

Jul 3, 2017

Andrew Becker and Daniel Mehrer get close to their subjects only to retreat when things get truly dangerous.

By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

Jul 18, 2017

A story is only as interesting as what can be drawn from it, and Becker and Mehrer seem reluctant to draw too much, perhaps realizing the confines they have to work within; even at a scant 83 minutes, the movie feels over-stretched.

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Jul 19, 2017

Duration 1 h 23 m

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Tagline Margo and Martin thought they had found their utopia...

Website http://www.santoalla.com/

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Awards

Austin Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Tallgrass International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Lighthouse International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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