Movie

At the Gates

2023 · 97 min

A quietly suffocating chamber drama where hospitality curdles into suspicion, keeping you uneasy and second-guessing every kindness.

Tagline: Where do you go when no place is safe
Overview: A housekeeper from El Salvador brings her teenage son to help her clean an affluent family’s Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house until the crisis blows over. As days go by under the same roof, each family begins to question the other’s true intentions.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Immigration, class, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: immigration
class
isolation
family
deception
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild