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La Civil

Mexico Ahora, Drama

As cathartic as it’s devastating, this powerful tale follows Cielo, a mother whose teenage daughter, Laura, is kidnapped in northern Mexico. Despite paying several ransoms, her captors don’t returned Laura to her family. Desperate, and without the authorities’ support in the search, a determined Cielo takes matters into her own hands by fearlessly tracking down those involved, In the process she transforms from housewife into vengeful militant.

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Catártica y devastadora, esta poderosa historia sigue a Cielo, una madre cuya hija adolescente, Laura, es secuestrada en el norte de México. A pesar de pagar varios rescates, sus captores no devuelven a Laura a su familia. Desesperada y sin el apoyo de las autoridades en la búsqueda, Cielo decide buscar justicia por su propia cuenta al rastrear a los involucrados. En el proceso, se transforma de ama de casa alguien con sed de venganza.

 

CAST & CREDITS

Dir. Teodora Mihai

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