Santoalla (2016) on Netflix
NR20161h 23mCrimeDocumentaryMystery
Dutch couple Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool move to Santoalla, a remote Galician village, to live off the land. Disputes with the Rodríguez family lead to Martin's disappearance.
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- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb6.9/10780 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes85%
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Plot summary
Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool, a Dutch couple, leave the city for Santoalla, a remote village in the mountains of Galicia in northwest Spain, to live off the land. The village is largely abandoned and crumbling into ruins, and the Rodríguez family are its only other residents. The two households are friendly at first, then fall out over land usage, cultural differences and intentions each side misreads. The dispute runs for years, and Martin disappears in 2010. Margo searches for answers. The documentary mixes interviews with Pool herself, newsreel footage and archival video, and moves between past and present.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Santoalla (2016)
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- In 2023, Rodrigo Sorogoyen's film As Bestas was released as a fictionalized version of the real-life Santoalla story of Margo Pool and Martin Verfondern, and Sorogoyen dedicated the film to Pool.
