Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not finding help in the town, they decide to confront these men with the help of a pair of policemen. But in this way, they will discover that their attackers have in their blood the direct legacy of the darkest period of Chilean history and will have to face the most brutal enemy.
"For a film so consumed by painful memories, the most potent act of killing that Trauma imagines is the one that leaves the ghosts of the past behind for good..."
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This movie tries very hard to be something, but fails.
Reading the plot summary, you might think, that this is yet another Rape & Revenge movie. Having seen it, I can tell you that it is not.
Comparison to Martyrs
That movie actually got my interest as it was compared to Martyrs, a movie of the New French Extreme genre. Turned out, it has nothing in common with Laugier's masterpiece. While Martyrs has a meaning that is transported by the movie and supported by almost every aspect of every scene in the movie, with Trauma it is exactly the opposite. Traumas scenes are mostly intended to be gory, disturbing or simply disgusting but nothing of this feels linked to the main plot. Some other scenes try to be artisti...