The film is based on the novel (of the same name) by the Chilean writer Francisco Coloane, and on the chronicles of the Romanian engineer Julius Popper, a nationalized Argentine and one of the principle actors in the genocide of the Selk'nam, one of the indigenous peoples who inhabited the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago.
Released: May 19, 2000
Runtime: 108 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Ornella Muti, Tamara Acosta, Nelson Villagra, Álvaro Rudolphy, Nancho Novo, Luis Alarcón
Crew: Miguel Littín (Director), Francisco Coloane (Writer), Julius Popper (Writer), Luis Sepúlveda (Writer), Pablo Larraín (Second Assistant Director), Oscar Godoy (Second Assistant Director)