Identifying Features (2020)
Identifying Features
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Worthy of three awards at the 2020 Morelia International Film Festival (including Best Feature Film), two at Sundance, and one at San Sebastián (among other international festivals), 'Sin Señas Particulares' is a captivating and enigmatic social drama. It is a production that follows the maxim of the "road movie", that is, to follow the personal journey of a character with a portrait of the local current reality as a backdrop; and transfers it to the context of Mexico abandoned by migrants, replaced by guerrillas and drug traffickers. Without losing sight of its protagonist (actress Mercedes Hernández, awarded in Morelia for her performance), the film creates a particular story in which countless people living in contemporary Mexico are reflected.
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A mother travels across Mexico in search for her son who authorities say died while trying to cross the boarder into the United States.
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