The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)

Not Rated 25 Jul 2014 • Documentary, Biography, Crime • 2h 0m
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Darwin meets Hitchcock in this feature-length documentary. THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR is a gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands. Featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, Connie Nielsen, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Gustaf Skarsgard and Josh Radnor, this film skillfully interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers (a handful of Europeans, Americans and Ecuadoreans who settled idiosyncratically on the Islands between the 1930s and 1960s). As such, it is a parable about the search for paradise -- about what happens when a handful of individualists settle on the same small island seeking their own distinct and sometimes clashing notions of Eden.

Dayna Goldfine, Daniel Geller, Celeste Schaefer Snyder
Writer
Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann
Starring

Language: English, Spanish
Awards: 3 nominations
Country: United States, Ecuador, Germany, Norway
Metacritic Score: 69
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Box Office Total: $247,159

6.8

IMDb (1487 votes)
83%
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