La Civil
Toronto International Film Festival
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2h 14m
Directed by Teodora Ana Mihai • Crime • 2021 • Mexico, Belgium, Romania • Spanish with English subtitles
Starring Arcelia Ramírez, Álvaro Guerrero, Ayelén Muzo
Winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Award and inspired by true events,"La Civil" unfolds with documentary-like precision as it details the human impact of drug cartels in Northern Mexico. When her teenage daughter is kidnapped, Cielo embarks on her own investigation, peeling back layers of Mexico’s societal corruption in an increasingly desperate effort to save her child.
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