Portraits of a Search (2014)
- Original title
- Retratos de una búsqueda
- Directed by
- Alicia Calderón
- Genre
- documentary film, drama film, crime film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows three mothers in Mexico who search for their missing children amid the narco-war. One works with the FBI, one obtains a promise from the president, and one tries to maintain routine for her grandson.
somberurgentemotionally heavygroundedharrowingintimaterealisticgritty
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