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Portraits of a Search
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Portraits of a Search

Oct 19, 2014
1h 7m
★ 5.0

Overview

In the Mexican narco-war, thousands of mothers search for their missing sons and daughters. In Portraits of a Search, the stories of Natividad, Guadalupe and Margarita intertwine to convey the different forms of confronting the search and uncertainty: one turns to the FBI, another obtains the Nation´s president´s personal promise, and the other tries to return to her routines so as to save her grandson. A portrait of Mexico today.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Natividad Guerrero

Natividad Guerrero

Guadalupe Aguilar

Guadalupe Aguilar

Margarita López

Margarita López

Diego Enciso Cruz

Diego Enciso Cruz

Javier Sicilia

Javier Sicilia