Story
Moral courage in a society which lacks a state monopoly on violence: this gripping kidnap thriller from Mexico portrays a mother who sets out to search for her daughter. Cielo’s daughter Laura is kidnapped. Despite the payment of several ransoms, the child is not returned. With no support from the local police, the mother starts following up clues in the swamp of universal suspicion. She meets Lamarque, a member of the military with unconventional methods who is prepared to help her in her quest. But the nearer Cielo gets to her daughter, the deeper she is dragged into the vortex of violence.
Director
TEODORA ANA MIHAI (*1981) is a Romanian director, who first gained public attention through documentaries. La Civil is her debut feature and had its world premiere in the section Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2021.Trailer
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La Civil
Fiction Feature
Spanish
Veto! | FF2021
Belgium, Mexico, Romania
2021
145 min
OV with English subtitles
Teodora Ana Mihai
Teodora Ana Mihai, Habacuc Antonio De Rosario
Arcelia Ramirez, Alvaro Guerrero, Ayélen Muzo, Jorge A. Jimenez
Hans Everaert
Marius Panduru
Manuel Danoy, Federico González Jordán, Valérie Le Docte
Alain Dessauvage
Jean-Stephane Garbe
Claudio Ramirez Castelli
Bertha Romero
Arcelia Ramírez, Alvaro Guerrero, Jorge A. Jimenez
Urban Distribution International
Menuetto
One For The Road (Delphine Tomson, Teodora Ana Mihai); Les Films du Fleuve (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne); Mobra Films (Cristian Mungiu, Tudor Reu); Teorema (Michel Franco, Eréndira Núñez Larios)
Irène Cadavid, Urban Distribution International: irene@urbangroup.biz
Tags
ActionLonelinessFamily and RelationshipsWomenSocietyViolenceCrime and ThrillerMotherPolitics and PowerFemale DirectorsDeath and Loss