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Colonia
MEANRANK
62/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3689
- IMDb #2248
- Google retired #849
- Rotten Tomatoes #4011
- Metacritic #4016
- Letterboxd #2703
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4768
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3327
- Metacritic Critics #4670
- Metacritic Audience #1979
- Criticker #2309
- Kinopoisk #1649
- AlloCiné #444
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 29, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 31, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young woman's boyfriend is abducted by the secret police in 1973 Chile following the military coup. She discovers he has been taken to a remote agricultural compound called Colonia Dignidad, a sinister sect masquerading as a charitable mission. To rescue him, she voluntarily joins the oppressive cult, entering a world of absolute control and brutality, where she must maintain her cover while searching for her love and planning their escape.
Details
- Director
- Florian Gallenberger
- Writers
- Florian Gallenberger, Torsten Wenzel
- Released
- 12 February 2016
- Country
- Germany, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, France
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $14.0M
- Box office
- $3.6M
- Awards
- 1 win, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →1 win from 10 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Jupiter Awards 2017 | Best International Actress | Emma Watson | Nominee |
| Bavarian Film Awards 2016 | Best Production | Benjamin Herrmann Christian Becker | Winner |
| German Film Awards 2016 | Best Production Design | Bernd Lepel | Nominee |
| German Film Awards 2016 | Best Costume Design | Nicole Fischnaller | Nominee |
| German Film Awards 2016 | Best Sound | Carlo Thoss Frank Kruse Bruno Tarrière | Nominee |
| German Film Awards 2016 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Michael Nyqvist | Nominee |
| German Film Awards 2016 | Best Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2016 | Best Foreign Thriller Trailer | Screen Media Films Zealot UK | Nominee |
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10 awards — Colonia
×| Best Production | Benjamin Herrmann Christian Becker | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Nicole Fischnaller | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Hansjörg Weißbrich | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Michael Nyqvist | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Bernd Lepel | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Carlo Thoss Frank Kruse Bruno Tarrière | Nominee |
| Adrienne Shelly Award | Colonia | Nominee |
| Best Female Action Hero | Emma Watson | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Thriller Trailer | Screen Media Films Zealot UK | Nominee |
| Best International Actress | Emma Watson | Nominee |