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The Box

Play trailer 1:29 Poster for The Box Released Nov 4, 2022 1h 32m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 “The Box” weaves some of the greatest horrors of modern Mexican life into an unsettlingly cryptic thriller. Nov 10, 2022 Full Review Leslie Felperin Guardian The film slides effortlessly from mystery to criminal story to quasi-Greek tragedy, changing registers with subtle alterations of tone. Rated: 4/5 Nov 7, 2022 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety This is only notionally a small film, with much weighing on its mind. Sep 7, 2021 Full Review Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan 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. Sep 8, 2023 Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix 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. Mar 16, 2023 Full Review Soham Gadre Film Inquiry 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? Dec 24, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Marianne B Simple but complex The Box makes you think about if for a week Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review jorge r Well crafted but ambigous emotions not clear what the characters are feeling Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review john f Strong cinematography by Sergio Armstrong and great directing by Lorenzo Vigas Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review cristobal s Not the Best film by Lorenzo Vigas but worth watching Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review andre m Lorenzo Vigas second fiction confirms his talent to use ambiguity to create tension Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review gabriel m The Box is a brilliant portrait of the northern mexican reality. Hatzin Naverrete is remarcable. Very strong film in general Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review 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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