The Territory

The Territory (1981)

O Território

A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods just to find themselves mysteriously lost.

Date of release
1981-09-01
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Horror, Drama
Director
Raúl Ruiz

Casting

Interesting facts

The Territory is a 1981 Portuguese philosophical horror film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz about two American families who resort to cannibalism shortly after getting lost on a camping trip in the South of France. The film, about the animalistic nature of humans when they disregard their "civilized" instincts, obliquely addresses themes of "exile and crossing boundaries: of language, nation and morality".

Production

The circumstances in which the film was produced, and the extent of Corman's involvement, are somewhat mysterious, co-writer Adair claiming that the film was made under "hair-raising conditions" in Sintra. The production's budgetary difficulties inspired New German Cinema director Wim Wenders to make the Golden Lion-winning The State of Things (1982) with much of the same cast and crew.

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