Teodora Ana: Last News

Will Thorne Staff WriterTo what lengths will a desperate mother go to recover her kidnapped daughter?That’s the central question posed in Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai’s first fiction feature “La Civil,” which is set to debut at the Cannes Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.“La Civil” was produced by Hans Everaert’s Menuetto with the assistance of four illustrious Cannes winning directors, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Cristian Mungiu, and Michel Franco.Menuetto has released a trailer for “La Civil,” obtained exclusively by Variety, which gives a sense of the project’s heart-breaking, action-packed drama.Inspired by a true story, the film follows a mother Cielo (Arcelia Ramirez), whose teenage daughter, Laura (Denisse