The Untamed

    Genre
    Drama, Horror, Mystery
  • |
    • Runtime
    98 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2016
  • |
    • Countries
    Mexico
  • |
    • Languages
    Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Amat Escalante
WRITTEN BY:
Amat Escalante, Gibran Portela
CAST INCLUDES:
Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

"Once it wraps its tentacles around you, THE UNTAMED doesn't let go" (Indiewire). Director/Writer Amat Escalante's (HELI) Venice Film Festival Silver Lion winner is a both fantastical and disturbing look at a couple who, in the midst of their troubled marriage, encounter a mysterious creature. Audiences won't want to look away from this film that Birth. Movies. Death. calls "a sci-fi sexual drama that will blow your mind."

SYNOPSIS

A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.

The Untamed

    Genre
    Drama, Horror, Mystery
  • |
    • Runtime
    98 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2016
  • |
    • Countries
    Mexico
  • |
    • Languages
    Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Amat Escalante
WRITTEN BY
Amat Escalante, Gibran Portela
CAST INCLUDES
Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza
"Once it wraps its tentacles around you, THE UNTAMED doesn't let go" (Indiewire). Director/Writer Amat Escalante's (HELI) Venice Film Festival Silver Lion winner is a both fantastical and disturbing look at a couple who, in the midst of their troubled marriage, encounter a mysterious creature. Audiences won't want to look away from this film that Birth. Movies. Death. calls "a sci-fi sexual drama that will blow your mind."

A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.

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