Werner Herzog
Aguirre, The Wrath of God - EPIC SUMMER
Driven by dreams of El Dorado, a conquistador's quest through the Amazon spirals into obsession and destruction.
In the sixteenth century, a group of Spanish conquistadors ventures into the Amazon in search of the legendary El Dorado. When Aguirre seizes control, the expedition becomes increasingly consumed by distrust, violence and delusions of grandeur. As the river carries them deeper into the wilderness, the line between ambition and madness begins to disappear.
In de zestiende eeuw trekt een groep Spaanse conquistadores de Amazone in op zoek naar het legendarische El Dorado. Wanneer Aguirre de leiding naar zich toetrekt, raakt de expeditie steeds verder verstrikt in wantrouwen, geweld en grootheidswaan. Terwijl de rivier hen meevoert, lijkt de grens tussen ambitie en waanzin langzaam te verdwijnen.
EPIC SUMMER
Cancel your summer plans. This July and August, we’ll be fighting cyclopes, encountering space monkeys, defending our father’s honor and surfing the Vietnam war. Following the release of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, we have gathered 25 titles that show epic cinema in all shapes and sizes. Saddle up your tractor, space ship or trojan horse and ease on down the yellow brick road with us through a summer program full of cinematic odysseys. Click here for the full program.