Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Laguna

Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 42m. Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 0.0/10
Year20252025
Length1h 1h 42m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorSteve LawsonŠarūnas Bartas
Main castRichard Felix, Mark ToppingIna Marija Bartaitė, Una Marija Bartaité, Šarūnas Bartas, Bryan Ordonez Ruiz

Synopsis

Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment

From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?

Laguna

On the Mexican Pacific coast, the land Ina Marija adopted before dying too young, her father and younger sister Una embark on a journey in her footsteps. There, amidst the lush nature of the mangroves—in a lagoon ravaged by hurricanes and constantly reborn—they begin the process of mourning. As he films this journey, Sharunas Bartas lays bare his emotions and, in an act of transmission, seeks a reconstruction nourished by the natural cycles of…

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