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Identifying features [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero.

Kino Lorber, 2021.

Noncitizens -- United States -- Drama.

Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama.

Alternate title:

Sin señas particulares [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.

A Mexico-Spain coproduction.

Spanish audio; English subtitles.

Director, Fernanda Valadez.

Mercedes Hernandez, David Illescas, Juan Jesus Varela.

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.

Best Screenplay and Audience Awards: World Dramatic Competition, Sundance Film Festival.

Best International Feature, Gotham Awards.

Melodrama and tearjerker films.

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