In a solitary town nestled in the Mexican mountains, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground. Ana and her two best friends take over the houses of those who have fled and dress up as women when no one is watching. In their own impenetrable universe, magic and joy abound; meanwhile, their mothers train them to flee from those who turn them into slaves or ghosts. But one day, one of the girls doesn’t make it to her hideout in time. Liberally adapted from Jennifer Clement’s eponymous novel.
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award - Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival.
Noche de Fuego
2021
14 years
110 min.
Fiction
Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar
international festivals, awarded films, Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar, feminism, maturing, mystery, literary adaptation, female directors
Colorido
Tatiana Huenzo
Tatiana Huezo
Dariela Ludlow
Miguel Schverdfinger
Ana Cristina Ordóñez González, Marya Membreño, Mayra Batalla
Nicolás Celis, Jim Stark
Pimienta Films, Desvia
Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum
Vitrine Filmes
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