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In The Penal Colony is a short film based on Franz Kafka's nightmarish tragicomedy of the same name.
A traveler is invited to a remote penal colony to evaluate its judicial and logistical procedures by witnessing the execution of a man condemned to death for dishonoring his superiors. When the he arrives, he finds himself in a world where guilt is never questioned, torture is elevated to an aesthetic, and nothing is what it seems. Based on the story by Franz Kafka.

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    • Author: Molotok
    Not the best adaptation of a text who escapes to easy solutions, But a reasonable one. And, maybe, this is the only important thing. Because the director choose to give significant role to the dark , absurd comedy. Sure, the text of Kafka is more x complex and darker. But the result is a quite good one. Maybe, more near Daniel Harms than Franz Kafka but with a decent result.
  • Cast overview:
    Gus Langley Gus Langley - The Officer
    Garret Harbison Garret Harbison - The Traveller
    Oliver Jones Oliver Jones - The Condemned Man
    Brent Surratt Brent Surratt - The Soldier
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