Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

Dare to dream the impossible.

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Release Date

3/2/1982

Runtime

157 mins

Overview

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

$7,362,000

Revenue

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A visionary dreamer pursues an impossible vision deep in the Amazon rainforest, driven by pure will and faith in beauty. It's a hypnotic journey into the collision between civilization and wilderness, where the grandeur of opera echoes through unforgiving wilderness.

Mood

ExhilaratingContemplativeWistful

Themes

AmbitionObsessionArt and creationColonialism

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticWidescreen epicLong takes

Structure

Linear

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