''Lost in the Night'' ( es, Perdidos en la noche, links=no) 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,

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, and Fernando Bonilla. It is a Mexican-German-Dutch-Danish international co-production.

Plot

The 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.

Cast

Production

The film is a Mexican-German-Dutch-Danish co-production by Bord Cadre Films, Cárcava Cine, Match Factory Productions, Pimienta Films, and Snowglobe Films. Shooting locations included

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Release

The film was presented in the 'Cannes Premiere' section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2023. It also made it to the main slate of the

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Reception

According to the

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website

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, ''Lost in the Night'' has a 61% approval rating based on 18 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 5.9/10. Lee Marshall of '' ScreenDaily'' deemed the film to be "at its heart, a fairly conventional crime movie", underscoring that "beneath its edgy surface he filmis basically a boy detective yarn". David Rooney of ''

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'' deemed the class-inequality mystery thriller film to be "absorbing, but rarely more than that".

References

2023 films 2023 thriller films 2020s Mexican films 2020s German films 2020s mystery thriller films Mexican mystery thriller films German mystery thriller films Dutch thriller films Danish thriller films 2020s Spanish-language films Films about social class Films shot in Mexico

External links

* {{IMDb title, 27307501