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The Box

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Teenager Hatzín travels from Mexico City to collect the remains of his father, found in a communal grave in Northern Mexico. But a casual encounter with a seemingly familiar man introduces both doubt and hope around the truth.
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A rewardingly unsettling watch, The Box handles its sensitive themes with intelligence and empathy.

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Beatrice Loayza New York Times 11/10/2022
“The Box” weaves some of the greatest horrors of modern Mexican life into an unsettlingly cryptic thriller. Go to Full Review
Leslie Felperin Guardian 11/07/2022
4/5
The film slides effortlessly from mystery to criminal story to quasi-Greek tragedy, changing registers with subtle alterations of tone. Go to Full Review
Guy Lodge Variety 09/07/2021
This is only notionally a small film, with much weighing on its mind. Go to Full Review
Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan (Medium) 09/08/2023
The Box is a thought-provoking thriller that focuses on the exploitative regimes that leave a devastating result, and a young boy’s desire to find a father figure. Go to Full Review
Carla Hay Culture Mix 03/16/2023
It's a solid and well-acted drama that can hold viewers' interest, even when the movie drags on for a little too long, and a family secret is too easy to predict before it's revealed. Go to Full Review
Soham Gadre Film Inquiry 12/24/2022
The Box uses an identity crisis to excavate the skeletons in Mexican capitalism’s close -what the movie asks is, who put them there and why? Go to Full Review
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Gabriel M 01/07/2023 The Box is a brilliant portrait of the northern mexican reality. Hatzin Naverrete is remarcable. Very strong film in general See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Teenager Hatzín travels from Mexico City to collect the remains of his father, found in a communal grave in Northern Mexico. But a casual encounter with a seemingly familiar man introduces both doubt and hope around the truth.
Director
Lorenzo Vigas
Producer
Lorenzo Vigas, Michel Franco, Jorge Hernandez Aldana
Screenwriter
Lorenzo Vigas, Paula Markovitch
Distributor
MUBI
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 4, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 11, 2022
Runtime
1h 32m
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