Movie Review

'Tragic Jungle': the tale of a vengeful heart of darkness

Director Yulene Olaizola turns the forest into the protagonist of this film about a woman desperate to escape an arranged marriage

20 June 2021 - 00:00 By tymon smith

For her fourth feature film, Tragic Jungle, Mexican director Yulene Olaizola transports viewers into the verdant, claustrophobic and uncertain envelope of jungles along the banks of the Hondo River between Mexico and Belize...

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