Prayers for the Stolen

Carmel International Competition

"A Poetic, Profound Portrait of Growing Up"

VARIETY
  • Archive - Festival 37
  • Director: Tatiana Huezo
  • Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar 2021
  • 110 minutes
  • Spanish
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

In a solitary town nestled in the Mexican mountains, three young girls take over the houses of those who have fled, dress up as women when no one is watching, and have a hiding place to remain safe from those who would take them away; but dark echoes of violence become an inescapable threat.

Having made her reputation with the documentary Tempestad (Haifa Festival 2016), Tatiana Huezo makes her fiction debut with a poetic coming-of-age story that doubles as a scathing condemnation of Mexico’s violent drug trade. The film won a Special Mention at the 2021 Cannes Festival.

Filmography:  Tempestad (2016, doc), El aula vacía (2015, doc).

 


  • Director Tatiana Huezo
  • Production Nicolás Celis, Jim Stark
  • Script Tatiana Huezo, based on the novel by Jennifer Clement
  • Cinematography Dariela Ludlow
  • Editing Miguel Schverdfinger
  • Music Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum
  • Festivals Cannes (Un Certain Regard Award - Special Mention), Karlovy Vary
  • Actors Ana Cristina Ordóñez González, Marya Membreño, Mayra Batalla
  • Source The Match Factory, Cologne