Emma Watson is currently one of the most prominent feminists globally, effortlessly showcasing that feminism can be both essential and trendy. She recently arrived in Berlin to film her new movie Colonia, sporting a stylish pair of RayBan Wayfarer sunglasses and an ensemble of layered black and grey knitwear over jeans. With a fresh face and hair styled in a bedhead fashion, she appeared jovial as she left the airport to head to her hotel.
Emma Watson has just arrived at Berlin airport to join the German leg of the filming for Colonia. The production has moved to Germany after shooting in Luxembourg and will continue in South America later this year. Alongside Daniel Brühl, Watson stars in the film, which is based on true events that occurred during the Chilean military coup of 1973. The story follows Lena, played by Watson, as she tracks down her abducted partner, Daniel, who has been taken by General Augusto Pinochet’s secret police. She eventually finds him in a cult sanctuary called Colonia Dignidad, where prisoners sent by the former Chilean dictator were tortured. Under the guise of a charitable mission run by preacher Michael Nyqvist, Lena enters the cult in order to uncover the secrets of Colonia.
In a laid-back fashion, the female performer donned multiple pieces of knitted clothing on top of her denim pants during her brief trip from London.
Emma, an activist, played the role of a woman in love with a man who was abducted and held captive at a cult commune in Colonia during the military coup in Chile in 1973. The secluded community boasted several facilities including a school, hospital, two airstrips, restaurant, and power station. However, according to a report by Amnesty International in 1977, which detailed the political prisoners who were secretly detained in camps in Chile, Colonia was also a site for torture. The report stated that “experiments in torture are carried out [at] Colonia Dinidad, near the town of Parral, in Linares Province approximately 400 kilometres south of Santiago.” In 2005, the BBC reported that former political prisoners recounted their experiences of being taken to a network of stone-walled tunnels beneath the colony, where they were subjected to electric shocks while listening to the music of Wagner and Mozart.
Michael Nyqvist portrays the character of a cult leader in the movie, who draws inspiration from Paul Schäfer, a former Nazi medic and convicted child abuser. The film evidently depicts the life of the German immigrants residing in Colonia Dinidad under Schäfer’s leadership. Schäfer, an avid supporter of the Nazi regime, had to escape Germany in 1961 after allegations of sexual misconduct with two boys surfaced. He then established another commune, which he pretended to be a charitable organization, but it was yet another facade to abuse children. In May 1997, he fled Chile upon being accused of molesting 26 children while in charge of Colonia Dinidad. Finally, after eight years, he was arrested in Argentina.