Death Has No Master (2026)

When the heiress to a colonial cacao plantation in Venezuela comes from abroad to claim her inheritance, she is forced to confront the land's current occupants as well as its dark, violent legacy.

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DEATH HAS NO MASTER, written and directed by Jorge Thielen Armand, is grim - a stark portrait of colonialism in Venezuela.

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I’m no historian nor particularly good at metaphor, but you don’t have to be either to understand who the always-captivating Asia Argento’s character Cara represents as the estranged heiress to a Venezuelan cacao plantation.

Upon learning of her father’s death, she returns to ready the property to sell and finds herself at war - figuratively and literally - with those living there, including Sonia, presumably the housekeeper, whom she seems to know from childhood.

DEATH HAS NO MASTER is so well done, you feel like you’re in the house with them - for better or worse because it is a tense, dangerous place to be, no matter who you are.

Every frame of this film is a work of art, even if the subject matter is a little bloody, and I will definitely be thinking about this one for a while.

DEATH HAS NO MASTER was screened at Fantastic Fest.

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