The Cannes Film Festival is around the corner, which means companies like The Match Factory are dropping trailers for their new films. The latest is “Prayers For The Stolen” (aka “Noche de Fuego“) by Mexican director Tatiana Huezo (‘Tempestad“), which will make its world premiere at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section next month.
The film centers on a mountain town in Mexico, where three young girls take over the houses of those who have fled. Dressing up as women when no one is watching and having a hiding place to remain safe from those who would take them away, dark echoes of violence eventually become an inescapable threat.
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2016’s “Tempestad” gave Huezo international acclaim. The film centered on a nation devastated by the criminal wars of cartels and where government credibility has been seriously undermined by rampant corruption and institutional incompetence.
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“Prayers For The Stolen” stars Mayra Batalla, Ana Cristina Ordóñez González, Marya Membreño, Norma Pablo, Eileen Yáñez, Memo Villegas. Here’s the official synopsis:
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 2014 novel.
“Prayers For The Stolen” has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival In July. Watch the first trailer below.