Lost in the Night (Spanish: Perdidos en la noche) is a 2023 mystery thriller film directed by Amat Escalante from a screenplay he co-wrote with Martín Escalante which stars Juan Daniel García alongside Ester Expósito, Bárbara Mori, and Fernando Bonilla. It is a Mexican-German-Dutch-Danish international co-production.
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| Spanish | Perdidos en la noche |
| Directed by | Amat Escalante |
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| Cinematography | Adrián Durazo |
| Edited by | Fernanda de la Peza |
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| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe plot follows a boy of humble origins (Emiliano) who enters to work for the well-off Aldama family to find out whether his missing mother's corpse is in the family's property.[1]
Cast
edit- Juan Daniel García Treviño as Emiliano[2]
- Fernando Bonilla as Rigo[2]
- Bárbara Mori as Carmen[2]
- Ester Expósito as Mónica[2]
- Vicky Araico as Paloma[2]
- Mafer Osio as Jazmín[2]
Production
editThe film is a Mexican-German-Dutch-Danish co-production by Bord Cadre Films, Cárcava Cine, Match Factory Productions, Pimienta Films, and Snowglobe Films.[3] Shooting locations included Guanajuato.[2]
Release
editThe film was presented in the 'Cannes Premiere' section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2023.[4] It also made it to the main slate of the 27th Lima Film Festival.[5]
Reception
editAccording to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Lost in the Night has a 61% approval rating based on 18 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 5.9/10.[6]
Lee Marshall of ScreenDaily deemed the film to be "at its heart, a fairly conventional crime movie", underscoring that "beneath its edgy surface [the film] is basically a boy detective yarn".[7]
David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter deemed the class-inequality mystery thriller film to be "absorbing, but rarely more than that".[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "'Perdidos en la noche', la graduación de Ester Expósito y Juan Daniel García". La Crónica de Hoy. 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Rooney, David (23 May 2023). "'Lost in the Night' Review: Amat Escalante's Class-Inequality Mystery Has Potent Elements Without Much Genre Heat". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "El mexicano Amat Escalante regresa a la dirección siete años después con 'Perdidos en la noche'". Cine y Tele. 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Ovación de pie: "Perdidos en la noche", de Amat Escalante". Proceso. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "El 27 Festival de Cine de Lima celebrará a figuras nacionales e internacionales". La Vanguardia. 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Lost in the Night". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Marshall, Lee (18 May 2023). "'Lost In The Night': Cannes Review". ScreenDaily.