LA CIVIL

By Teodora Ana MIHAI

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Drama - Completed 2021

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.

Festivals
& Awards

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. 2021
Sarajevo FF 2021
Focus Program
Lima IFF 2021
Aclamadas
Jerusalem FF 2021
Vina del Mar 2021
Competencia Oficial - Best Actress
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Action/Adventure, True Story
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, ROMANIA, MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, MEXICAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 135 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Teodora Ana MIHAI
    • Producer(s)
    • Hans EVERAERT (MENUETTO FILM), Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE (LES FILMS DU FLEUVE), Cristian MUNGIU (Mobra Films), Michel FRANCO (TEOREMA)
    • Synopsis
    • 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.