La civil | |
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Directed by | Teodora Mihai |
Written by | Habacuc Antonio De Rosario Teodora Mihai |
Produced by | Hans Everaert |
Starring | Arcelia Ramírez |
Cinematography | Marius Panduru |
Edited by | Alain Dessauvage |
Music by | Jean-Stephane Garbe Hugo Lippens |
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Countries | Belgium Romania Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
Box office | $199,941[1][2] |
La civil is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Teodora Mihai.[3] In June 2021, the film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[4] At Cannes, it won the Prize of Courage in the Un Certain Regard section.[5]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 86% based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10.[6]
Cath Clarke of The Guardian called the film a "brilliantly realistic nightmare that stays believable right up to the end",[7] while Manuel Betancourt of Variety called it "an unsparing drama about the never ending cycle of violence in Northern Mexico".[8]
Writing for Salon.com, Gary M. Kramer wrote "[the film is an] authentic portrait of this dangerous world".[9]