Sin señas particulares = Identifying features / Corpulenta in co-production with FOPROCINE, Avanti Pictures, Nephilim Producciones and EnAguas Cine present ; producción, Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez, Jack Zagha, Yossy Zagha ; guión, Fernanda Valadez, Astrid Rondero ; dirección, Fernanda Valadez.
Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela, Ana Laura Rodríguez, Laura Elena Ibarra. Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. Wide screen. Special features: behind-the-scenes featurette; Q&A with director Fernanda Valadez and co-writer Astrid Rondero, courtesy of Film at Lincoln Center; trailer.
Summary:
Middle-aged Magdalena has lost contact with her son after he took off with a friend from their town of Guanajuato to cross the border into the U.S., hopeful to find work. Desperate to find out what happened to him, and to know whether or not he's even alive, she embarks on an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous journey to discover the truth. At the same time, a young man named Miguel has returned to Mexico after being deported from the U.S., and eventually, his path converges with Magdalena's. From this simple but urgent premise, director Fernanda Valadez has crafted a lyrical, suspenseful slow burn, equally constructed of moments of beauty and horror, and which leads to a startling, shattering conclusion.
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