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Magdalena hasn’t heard from her son in months, not since he left their town to cross the border into the United States. She begins an odyssey across Mexico, through areas of violence and desolation, chasing any available lead. Along the way, she meets Miguel, a young man recently deported from the US, and the two travel together.

Winner of the Audience Award and Best Screenplay Award at Sundance, Fernanda Valadez’s debut builds the simple but urgent premise into a lyrical, suspenseful slow burn, equally constructed of moments of beauty and horror that lead to a startling, shattering conclusion.

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