Mexican filmmaker Yulene Olaizola’s fifth feature, “Tragic Jungle” (“Selva Tragica”), which snagged two awards at the 77th Venice Festival, debuts June 9 on Netflix.
Loosely inspired by the novel “Caribal: El Infierno Verde” by Mexican novelist-diplomat Rafael Bernal, “Tragic Jungle” is set in 1920 on the border between Mexico and Belize. It is here where a ragtag band of Mexican gum workers come across a mysterious young Belizean woman on the run, played by local actor Indira Rubie Adrewin in her film debut. Her mute presence arouses both tensions and desire in equal measure. Unbeknownst to them, they face the mythical Mayan seductress Xtabay, who preys on unsuspecting men in the jungle.
Netflix bows its trailer exclusively in Variety.
“The jungle is a living being, harassed by those men trying to steal its treasures; but it takes revenge in different ways, with poisonous plants, swarms of mosquitoes, fierce animals and with the enchantment of mysterious creatures,...
Loosely inspired by the novel “Caribal: El Infierno Verde” by Mexican novelist-diplomat Rafael Bernal, “Tragic Jungle” is set in 1920 on the border between Mexico and Belize. It is here where a ragtag band of Mexican gum workers come across a mysterious young Belizean woman on the run, played by local actor Indira Rubie Adrewin in her film debut. Her mute presence arouses both tensions and desire in equal measure. Unbeknownst to them, they face the mythical Mayan seductress Xtabay, who preys on unsuspecting men in the jungle.
Netflix bows its trailer exclusively in Variety.
“The jungle is a living being, harassed by those men trying to steal its treasures; but it takes revenge in different ways, with poisonous plants, swarms of mosquitoes, fierce animals and with the enchantment of mysterious creatures,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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