LA CIVIL
A film by Teodora Ana Mihai
(Belgium/Romania/Mexico, 2021, 135 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

La Civil unfolds with documentary-like precision as it details the human impact of drug cartels in Northern Mexico. Cielo (Arcelia Ramírez, in a galvanizing performance) learns her daughter Laura has been kidnapped when a baby-faced teenager orders her to pay 150,000 pesos if she wants to see Laura again. With no police support, Cielo embarks on her own investigation, peeling back layers of Mexico’s societal corruption in an increasingly desperate effort to save her child. Inspired by true events, Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai delivers a bold and suspenseful debut feature, collaborating with Mexican co-screenwriter Habacuc Antonio De Rosario and world-renowned co-producers Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Cristian Mungiu, and Michel Franco.

New York, NY: Film Forum, Opens Friday, March 3
Columbus, OH: Gateway Film Center, Friday, March 24
Sag Harbor, NY: Sag Harbor Cinema, Opens Friday, March 3
San Diego, CA: Digital Gym, Thursday, March 9
Los Angeles, CA: Laemmle Royal, Opens, Friday, March 17
Winston Salem, NC: a/perture Cinema, Opens Friday, March 31
Pittsburgh, PA: CMU Film Festival, Friday, March 31
Hudson, NY: Time & Space, Opens Saturday, April 8
Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Friday, April 14-Sunday, April 16

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