Synopsis
Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.
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Cast
- María Mercedes CoroyAlma
- Sabrina De La HozNatalia
- Margarita KéneficCarmen
- Julio DíazEnrique
- María TelónValeriana
- Juan Pablo OlyslagerLetona
- Ayla-Elea HurtadoSara
- Enrique ArgüelloAbogado
- Alejandra ColomPeriodista
- Marvin CoroyIntérprete
Recommendations
- 95
TheWrap
Invoking genre narrative devices, the entrancingly evocative La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) walks between fact and myth to engender a shrewdly frightening piece of political horror. - 83
IndieWire
La Llorona is a quiet movie that shudders with spiritual trauma. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
How this outspoken film, Bustamante’s most gripping to date, will fare domestically is an open question (it has not come out yet in Guatemala). It had a blazing bow in the Venice Days sidebar (Giornate degli Autori), where it easily grabbed the best film prize. - 80
The New York Times
There are some very good scenes in the movie’s second half; even so, it’s striking that the most unsettling aspect of “La Llorona” is that history doesn’t simply shape the movie. It also haunts and finally overwhelms it with terrors far more unspeakable than any impressively manufactured shock. - 80
Rolling Stone
La Llorona is the kind of tale of mystery and imagination that prefers to get under your skin rather than shock your central nervous system, which only makes its near-suffocating feeling of foreboding more potent. - 80
Screen Daily
This taut, accomplished film recounts a dark episode in Guatemala’s history as a suspense-laden ghost story based on a myth deeply rooted in indigenous Latin American culture. - 75
RogerEbert.com
This version of La Llorona finds new emotional ground. It’s not just a creepy story, but a painful reflection of injustice. - 75
The Film Stage
In the world La Llorona creates, your sins will not only haunt until you make amends–it will haunt those who’ve protected you from those repercussions. Underscored with a foreboding sense of disquiet akin to last year’s Atlantics, the viewing experience is as satisfying as it is provocative.
