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  • 2023
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h 20 m
  • 2023
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h 20 m

Summary Cielo searches for her kidnapped daughter in Northern Mexico. As the authorities fail to offer support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands. Cielo begins her own investigation and earns the trust and sympathy of Lamarque, an unconventional army Lieutenant working in the region. He agrees to help Cielo in her search, beca...

Directed By: Teodora Mihai

Written By: Habacuc Antonio De Rosario, Teodora Mihai

  • 2023
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h 20 m
  • 2023
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 2 h 20 m

La Civil

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Cielo searches for her kidnapped daughter in Northern Mexico. As the authorities fail to offer support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands. Cielo begins her own investigation and earns the trust and sympathy of Lamarque, an unconventional army Lieutenant working in the region. He agrees to help Cielo in her search, beca...

Directed By: Teodora Mihai

Written By: Habacuc Antonio De Rosario, Teodora Mihai

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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90
Aug 23, 2021
This is a gripping and heartbreaking film that goes out with a whimper that hits harder than any kind of bang it could’ve mustered.
By Manuel Betancourt FULL REVIEW
88
Mar 3, 2023
This movie grabs you by the heart quickly and doesn’t let up the stress for any significant amount of time.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 23, 2023
We tend to think of gangland tales as exhibiting clear demarcations between those who are and are not “in the game.” La Civil catapults us into a considerably more disturbing environment, a sort of toxic sinkhole that pulls everyone into its horrors.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 23, 2023
Rather than exploiting her sorrow-fueled mission for a “Taken”-like revenge spectacle, the verité social drama understands Cielo’s determination to find answers not as mere courageousness, but a tragic, nothing-left-to-lose lack of concern for her own safety.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 23, 2021
La Civil paints a compelling picture of a society in which nobody can be trusted and everyone is complicit in a neverending cyle of violence, intimidation and revenge.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 3, 2023
Its rigor is impressive, but also something of a narrative trap. Once the futility of Cielo’s situation, and her persistence in the face of it, are definitively established, a feeling of paralysis sets in.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films du Fleuve, Menuetto Film, Mobra Films, One For The Road, Teorema Films
Release Date Mar 3, 2023
Duration 2 h 20 m
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Website https://menuettofilm.be/project/la-civil
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Mexican Cinema Journalists
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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