Prayers for the Stolen

2021 110 min ★ 7.6 Drama

Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.

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Cast

Ana Cristina Ordóñez

Ana (niña)

Marya Membreño

Ana (adolescente)

Blanca Itzel Pérez

María (niña)

Giselle Barrera Sánchez

María (adolescente)

Camila Gaal

Paula (niña)

Alejandra Camacho

Paula (adolescente)

Mayra Batalla

Rita

José Estrada

Margarito (niño)

Julián Guzmán Girón

Margarito (adolescente)

Norma Pablo

Luz

Details

Director

Tatiana Huezo

Tagline

"Find the light in the darkness."

Status

Released

Original Language

ES

Production

Pimienta Films, The Match Factory, Desvia Produções, Bord Cadre Films, Louverture Films, Cactus Film & Video, Jaque Content

Reviews

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badelf

February 12, 2023

★ 7/10

It seems like the English title was created just to pull at the heart strings - That was totally unnecessary. The acting is really impressive. We've spent a huge amount of time in Mexico (due to the pandemic). This story is a truth in some areas of Mexico. It is a heart-breaking, real-life, horror story. It is a fact that some villagers do not escape this horror.

C

CinemaSerf

April 16, 2024

★ 7/10

Yikes but this is quite a difficult film to watch. It's centred around three teenage girls who live amidst the poppy fields of Mexico. "Ana" (Maria Membreño) "Paula" (Alejandro Camacho) and "Maria" (Giselle Barrera Sánchez) try to live their lives as normally as they can, but the fact that their school teacher is leaving because he won't pay protection money to the drug pedlars gives us some indic...