Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl in political thriller Colonia

Colonia follows a young German couple -- Lena and Daniel -- who become entangled in the violence which led to the overthrowing of the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.

Actor Emma Watson and Daniel Bruhl will star in Oscar-winning director Florian Gallenberger's political thriller Colonia.

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The film, which will be shot in Luxemburg, Germany and South America, is set during the Chilean military coup of 1973, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Colonia follows a young German couple -- Lena and Daniel -- who become entangled in the violence which led to the overthrowing of the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.

Daniel is abducted by the secret police of army chief and dictator-to-be Augusto Pinochet, and is tracked by Lena to a sealed-off area called Colonia Dignidad (Dignity Colony), led by preacher Paul Schafer. It soon becomes clear that the commune is being used as a torture and detention center.