Identifying Features
A confident, accomplished and distinctive feature directorial debut
Identifying Features
Middle-aged Magdalena has lost contact with her son after he took off with a friend from their town of Guanajuato to cross the border into the U.S., hopeful to find work. Desperate to find out what happened to him—and to know whether or not he’s even alive—she embarks on an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous journey to discover the truth. At the same time, a young man named Miguel has returned to Mexico after being deported from the U.S., and eventually his path converges with Magdalena’s. From this simple but urgent premise, director Fernanda Valadez has crafted a lyrical, suspenseful slow burn, equally constructed of moments of beauty and horror, and which leads to a startling, shattering conclusion.
Genre
Drama,
Greg's List
Web Site
Runtime
94
Language
Spanish
Director
Fernanda Valadez,
Astrid Rondero
Cast
Mercedes Hernandez,
David Illescas
FEATURED REVIEW
Dennis Harvey, Variety
While U.S. attention in recent years has focused on the supposed hordes of “invading” illegal immigrants seeking to cross the southern border, “Identifying Features” is about a separate but related concern: The alarming if unknowable number of those immigrants who go missing, often robbed, kidnapped ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 1.22.21 - 3.18.21
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