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Prayers for the Stolen

2021 · 110 min

A quietly devastating coming-of-age story that immerses you in the constant fear and resilience of girls growing up under cartel terror.

Tagline: Find the light in the darkness.
Overview: Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls try to grow alongside the creeping terror of their cartel oppressors.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Coming-of-age, survival, violence, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
survival
violence
isolation
family
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild