Dreamy Chilean drama 'Rey' explores a man who would be king
Though ostensibly about a little-known chapter in 19th century Chilean history, “Rey” is really an artful meditation on the mutability of historical memory and the inevitability of decay. Orélie-Antoine de Tounens was a French lawyer who went to South America, claiming in 1860 that the Mapuche natives elected him ruler of Araucanía and Patagonia; he died back in France in 1878, unable to win international recognition for his title or kingdom. Director Niles Atallah (“Lucia”) became i...
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