6.5
“Find the light in the darkness.”
Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
September 16, 20211h 50mES
7.6
189 votes
Overview
Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.
Director
Tatiana HuezoWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
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Production Companies
Pimienta FilmsThe Match FactoryDesvia ProduçõesBord Cadre FilmsLouverture FilmsCactus Film & Video
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User Reviews
badelf
7.0It seems like the English title was created just to pull at the heart strings - That was totally unnecessary. The acting is really impressive. We've spent a huge amount of time in Mexico (due to the pandemic). This story is a truth in some areas of Mexico. It is a heart-breaking, real-life, horror story. It is a fact that some villagers do not escape this horror.
CinemaSerf
7.0Yikes but this is quite a difficult film to watch. It's centred around three teenage girls who live amidst the poppy fields of Mexico. "Ana" (Maria Membreño) "Paula" (Alejandro Camacho) and "Maria" (Giselle Barrera Sánchez) try to live their lives as normally as they can, but the fact that their school teacher is leaving because he won't pay protection money to the drug pedlars gives us some indication of the society in which they live. Indeed, it's this teacher who raises the issue of a missing girl - and that enlightens us to the fact that once they reach a certain age, these young women hav…
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