La Civil

Name: La Civil
Genre: Drama
Released: March 3, 2023
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Adriana Vanesa Burciaga, Alessandra Goñi Bucio, Álvaro Guerrero, Arcelia Ramírez, Ayelén Muzo

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: March 3, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Adriana Vanesa Burciaga, Alessandra Goñi Bucio, Álvaro Guerrero, Arcelia Ramírez, Ayelén Muzo, Eligio Meléndez, Jorge A. Jimenez, Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, Manuel Villegas, Mercedes Hernández, Monica del Carmen

Summary: Cielo searches for her kidnapped daughter in Northern Mexico. As the authorities fail to offer support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands. Cielo begins her own investigation and earns the trust and sympathy of Lamarque, an unconventional army Lieutenant working in the region. He agrees to help Cielo in her search, becauseCielo searches for her kidnapped daughter in Northern Mexico. As the authorities fail to offer support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands. Cielo begins her own investigation and earns the trust and sympathy of Lamarque, an unconventional army Lieutenant working in the region. He agrees to help Cielo in her search, because her research data could be useful to his operations as well. Cielo’s collaboration with Lamarque pulls her further into a vicious cycle of violence. … Expand

Director: Teodora Mihai

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 135 min

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Manuel Betancourt

Aug 23, 2021

This is a gripping and heartbreaking film that goes out with a whimper that hits harder than any kind of bang it could’ve mustered. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Mar 3, 2023

This movie grabs you by the heart quickly and doesn’t let up the stress for any significant amount of time. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Aug 23, 2021

La Civil paints a compelling picture of a society in which nobody can be trusted and everyone is complicit in a neverending cyle of violence, intimidation and revenge. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Mar 23, 2023

We tend to think of gangland tales as exhibiting clear demarcations between those who are and are not “in the game.” La Civil catapults us into a considerably more disturbing environment, a sort of toxic sinkhole that pulls everyone into its horrors. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Mar 23, 2023

Rather than exploiting her sorrow-fueled mission for a “Taken”-like revenge spectacle, the verité social drama understands Cielo’s determination to find answers not as mere courageousness, but a tragic, nothing-left-to-lose lack of concern for her own safety. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Mar 3, 2023

Its rigor is impressive, but also something of a narrative trap. Once the futility of Cielo’s situation, and her persistence in the face of it, are definitively established, a feeling of paralysis sets in. Read full review

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