Completed - SPANISH, MEXICAN - Drama, Action/Adventure, True Story - 135 minutes
Cielo’s teenage daughter, Laura, is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. Despite paying several ransoms, Laura is not returned. When the authorities o er no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into vengeful militant.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Teodora Ana MIHAI Cast : Arcelia RAMÍREZ, Alvaro GUERRERO, Jorge A. JIMENEZ Producer(s) : Hans EVERAERT (MENUETTO FILM), Jean-pierre & luc DARDENNE (LES FILMS DU FLEUVE), Cristian MUNGIU (Mobra Films), Michel FRANCO (TEOREMA)
Cielo’s teenage daughter, Laura, is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. Despite paying several ransoms, Laura is not returned. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands. She finds help from Lamarque, a military man with unconventional modus operandi, who agrees to assist her in her search – off the record – in exchange for information which she can provide as a local. Cielo’s collaboration with Lamarque will pull her into the spiral of violence that made her a victim in the first place.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM, ROMANIA, MEXICO
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Festival de Cannes 2021 - Un Certain Regard (Prix de l'Audace)Filmfest Hamburg 2021 (Political film award)FEST - New Directors 2021 (Golden Lynx Award for Best Fiction Feature )Melbourne Fest. 2021Sarajevo FF 2021 (Focus Program)Lima IFF 2021 (Aclamadas)Jerusalem FF 2021Vina del Mar 2021 (Competencia Oficial - Best Actress)Hamburg IFF 2021Mill Valley Film Festival 2021AFI Latin American FF 2021Warsaw FF 2021 (Discoveries)Film Fest Ghent 2021Bergen IFF 2021 (Cinema Extraordinaire)Film Festival Cologne 2021 (Benelux section)New Zealand IFF 2021Tokyo IFF 2021 (Official Competition)