Identifying Features (2020)
Releasing at January 15, 2021 in theaters
“Sin señas particulares”
Drama
Identifying Features is drama film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (January 2020) and won the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic and the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay.
Middle-aged Magdalena (Mercedes Hernandez) has lost contact with her son after he took off with a friend from their town of Guanajuato to cross the border into the U.S., hopeful to find work. Desperate to find out what happened to him—and to know whether or not he’s even alive—she embarks on an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous journey to discover the truth. At the same time, a young man named Miguel (David Illescas) has returned to Mexico after being deported from the U.S., and eventually his path converges with Magdalena’s.
Director: Fernanda Valadez
Writers: Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
Stars: Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela, Ana Laura Rodríguez, Armando García, Laura Elena Ibarra, Juan Pablo Acevedo
►Cast
Mercedes Hernández | ► | Magdalena |
David Illescas | ► | Miguel |
Juan Jesús Varela | ► | Jesús |
Ana Laura Rodríguez | ► | Olivia |
Armando García | ► | Rigo |
Laura Elena Ibarra | ► | Chuya |
Juan Pablo Acevedo | ► | Agente Ministerio Público |
Xicoténcatl Ulloa | ► | Pedro |
Jessica Martínez García | ► | Enfermera |
María Luisa Juárez | ► | Químico Forense |
Ricardo Luna | ► | Agente estatal |
Julieta Rodríguez | ► | Técnico Forense |
Iker Valadez Urtaza | ► | Diego, de niño |
Susan Korda | ► | Agente ICE |
Jorge Escalante | ► | Vendedor Central Autobuses |
Cynthia Franco | ► | Secretaria Autobús del Norte |
Carlos Valenzuela | ► | Encargado casa de migrantes |
Bertha Denton Casillas | ► | Regis |
Carmen Ramos | ► | Regis (voz) |
Samuel Muñoz | ► | Hombre armado en retén |
Ybis Arellano | ► | Conductor camioneta |
Primo Lara | ► | Padrino |
José Reynoso | ► | Lanchero |
María de Jesús Molina | ► | Mujer de La Fragua |
Luz Daniela Arrollo | ► | Niña de La Fragua |
Narda Rivas | ► | Nieta de Alberto Mateo |
Manuel Campos | ► | Alberto Mateo |
Arcadio Martínez Ortega | ► | Alberto Mateo (voz) |
Cayetano Guzmán | ► | Sicario |
Juan Carlos Nieto | ► | Sicario |
Juan Antonio Montero | ► | Sicario |
Yeicatl Colín | ► | Agente Ministerio Público |