The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014)
Genre : Documentary, Mystery, History, Crime
Runtime : 2H 6M
Director : Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Writer : Dayna Goldfine, Daniel Geller, Celeste Schaefer Snyder
Synopsis
Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.
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