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The Galapagos Affair
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDaniel Geller
Dayna Goldfine
Written byDaniel Geller
Dayna Goldfine
Celeste Schaefer Snyder
Produced byDaniel Geller
Dayna Goldfine
Celeste Schaefer Snyder
CinematographyDaniel Geller
Edited byBill Webber
Music byLaura Karpman
Production
company
Geller/Goldfine Productions
Distributed byZeitgeist Films
Release dates
  • September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02) (TFF)
  • April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$247,159 (USA)[1]

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden is a 2013 feature-length documentary directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine. It is about a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930s among the largely European expatriate residents at the time. The voice cast includes Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann, Diane Kruger, Connie Nielsen, Josh Radnor and Gustaf Skarsgård.[2]

It features the 1934 silent film The Empress of Floreana in its entirety, but the four-minute short is split into halves.[3]

Cast (voices)

Plot

This documentary shares an true story set in the 1930s on the Galapagos Islands. Disenchanted individuals from Europe sought refuge there after World War I, led by a German doctor, Friedrich Ritter, and a woman named Dore Strauch. The arrival of other settlers, including the Wittmers and the eccentric "Baroness" Eloise von Wagner-Bousquet, sparked tensions, disappearances, and rumors of foul play. Despite its excess, the film tells a remarkable tale, featuring actors like Cate Blanchett reading from diaries and reminiscences.[4]

Release

The film premiered at the 40th Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2013. It was an official selection of the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 12, 2013, and Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2014.[5][6] It opened theatrically in the US on April 4, 2014.[2]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 6.92/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "It doesn't quite live up to its marvelously lurid premise, but The Galapagos Affair is still stranger than fiction in a very entertaining way."[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

References

  1. ^ The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ a b "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden". Zeitgeist Films. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "'The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden' review". SF Gate. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (2014-07-24). "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden review – unfocused but fascinating documentary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  5. ^ "THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN". ticketcentral.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. ^ "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden - Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  7. ^ "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

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