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La llorona

2019

Jayro Bustamante

Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kénefic, María Mercedes Coroy, Julio Diaz ...

6.3

1,582

Drama. Fantasy. Horror With the words "If you cry, I'll kill you" ringing in their ears, Alma and her sons are murdered in Guatemala's armed conflict. Thirty years later, a criminal case is brought against Enrique Monteverde, a retired general who oversaw the genocide. But he's acquitted through a mistrial and the spirit of La Llorona is unleashed to wander the world like a lost soul amongst the living. At night, Enrique starts to hear her wailing. His wife ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A darkly atmospheric story of spiritual trauma."	POS
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"[A] taut, accomplished film (...) [It] excels in the way its material surface feeds into its deeper themes"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Certain aspects of the story are emotionally powerful, while other threads feel underdeveloped (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Carlos Aguilar The Wrap	"[A] genre-bending done right in a country reckoning with its recent trauma."	POS
	Vittoria Scarpa Cineuropa	"Bustamante chooses to address this atrocious episode from Guatemalan history via genre, with a film that touches on horror, because in the end, horror is what this is all about."	POS
United States	Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"This version of 'La Llorona' finds new emotional ground. It’s not just a creepy story, but a painful reflection of injustice (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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