A mind fractures as tensions rise in the trailer for A Yard of Jackals, a politically-charged psychological thriller from Chile.
Drawing comparisons to the paranoia of Roman Polanski’s apartment trilogy and the psychological immersion of David Lynch’s work, the film will be released May 8 via IndiePix Unlimited.
Set in the winter of 1978, under Chile’s dictatorship in Santiago, disabled architectural model maker Raúl Peralta leads a quiet life caring for his ailing mother. His routine is shattered by the arrival of new neighbors whose sinister activities seem to hide dark secrets.
While Raúl desperately clings to the last vestiges of his sanity, his life becomes increasingly entangled with a mysterious man in dark glasses. Caught between personal loss and political terror, Raúl must confront the scars of repression and survival as his reality unravels.
Writer-director Diego Figueroa makes his feature debut on the project, inspired by real events.
“The decision to create a fiction inspired by multiple documented accounts,” Figueroa explains, “was made to explore the various moral and social aspects that were challenged by the dictatorship. The aim is not to provide a meticulous historical breakdown, as the film is not intended to be a denunciation, but rather a space for reflection that showcases the moral decay left in the wake of a dictatorship.”
Néstor Cantillana, Blanca Lewin, Juan Cano, Grimanesa Jiménez, Consuelo Holzapfel, and María Jesús Marcone star.
