Mexico has become the latest country to make its submission to this year’s International Oscar race, selecting Tatiana Huezo’s Prayers For The Stolen.The pic debuted at Cannes this year, receiving a special mention in the Un Certain Regard program.
The film was also a multi-award-winner at the San Sebastian and Athens film festivals. Netflix picked up rights and will release in select theaters and online in November.Vaguely based on Jennifer Clement’s 2014 novel, the film is set In a solitary town nestled in the Mexican mountains, where the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground.
Ana and her two best friends take over the houses of those who have fled and dress up as women when no one is watching. In their own
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