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JAUJA

Synopsis

An astonishingly beautiful and gripping Western starring Viggo Mortensen, JAUJA (pronounced how-ha) begins in a remote outpost in Patagonia during the late 1800s. Captain Gunnar Dinesen has come from abroad with his fifteen year-old daughter to take an engineering job with the Argentine army. Being the only female in the area, Ingeborg creates quite a stir among the men. She falls in love with a young soldier, and one night they run away together. When Dinesen realizes what has happened, he decides to venture into enemy territory to find the young couple. Featuring a superb performance from Mortensen, JAUJA (the name suggests a fabled city of riches sought by European explorers) is the story of a man’s desperate search for his daughter, a solitary quest that takes him to a place beyond time, where the past vanishes and the future has no meaning.

Special Features

• Untitled (Letter to Serra) (2011, 23 minutes), a film by Lisandro Alonso
• Untitled (2009, 1 minute), a teaser by Lisandro Alonso for the BAFICI Film Festival
• Press Conference with Lisandro Alonso and Viggo Mortensen at the 52nd New York Film Festival
• Theatrical Trailer
• Booklet featuring the essay, “Into the Unknown,” by film critic Quintin

Trailer