Prayers for the Stolen
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Directed by: Tatiana Huezo
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.
Reviews (2)
badelf (Rated: 7)
It 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, horro...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
Yikes 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 sch...
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