# The Untamed (2016)

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**Original title**: *La región salvaje*
**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller, Horror
**Directed by**: Amat Escalante
**Written by**: Gibrán Portela, Amat Escalante
**Starring**: Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza, Eden Villavicencio, Kenny Johnston, Pablo López Pérez

> *When desire surpasses fear.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A cracked satellite dish hums under a Mexican dry season sun.  
A wounded creature leaks iridescent fluid behind a locked shed door, its presence pulling at the seams of a failing marriage.  
Feels like body horror as arthouse tax audit.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, body-horror, dread, tender

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