The upcoming coming-of-age horror is basically the witch but set in the 19th century

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Magic: A girl’s best friend

If you loved The Witch by Robert Eggers then we have great news for you because the Chilean movie Sorcerer will soon become your next favorite movie. The setting is a remote island in 19th-century Chile, which unfortunately isn’t the best place for an indigenous girl who has just lost her father and is orphaned.

Even less when she’s out for revenge. Her solution? Becoming part of some kind of supernatural group so the rest of the people on the island could get in trouble. The Sorcery trailer shows Rosa (Valentina Veliz Caileo) trying to survive after the death of her father and the ramifications of her friendship with some unique, strange allies who might be wizards.

Dead birds, rabid dogs, villagers at night hearing strange noises, revenge is a dish best served with fear when you’re part of a group of magical beings, like Rosa seems to be here.

Sorcery tells the story of an indigenous girl named Rosa who lives with her father on the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century. When the foreman brutally attacks Rosa’s father, she sets out on a journey to justice and seeks help from the king of a powerful wizarding organization.

The Chilean film is directed by Christopher Murray, who was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his film El Cristo Ciego (The Blind Christ), was written by Murray and Pablo Paredes and opens with Valentina Veliz Caileo, Daniel Antivilo and Sebastian Hulk .

Sorcery is nominated for the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize and will hit theaters in the United States on January 23, 2022.