Lost in the Night
Promotional release poster
SpanishPerdidos en la noche
Directed byAmat Escalante
Screenplay by
  • Amat Escalante
  • Martín Escalante
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAdrián Durazo
Edited byFernanda de la Peza
Music by
  • Kyle Dixon
  • Michael Stein
Production
companies
  • Bord Cadre Films
  • Cárcava Cine
  • Match Factory Productions
  • Pimienta Films
  • Snowglobe
Release date
  • 18 May 2023 (2023-05-18) (Cannes)
Countries
  • Mexico
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Denmark
LanguageSpanish

Lost in the Night (Spanish: Perdidos en la noche) is a 2023 mystery thriller film directed by Amat Escalante from a screenplay he co-wrote with Martín Escalante which stars Juan Daniel García alongside Ester Expósito, Bárbara Mori, and Fernando Bonilla. It is a Mexican-German-Dutch-Danish international co-production.

Plot

The plot follows a boy of humble origins (Emiliano) who enters to work for the well-off Aldama family to find out whether his missing mother's corpse is in the family's property.[1]

Cast

Production

The film is a Mexican-German-Dutch-Danish co-production by Bord Cadre Films, Cárcava Cine, Match Factory Productions, Pimienta Films, and Snowglobe Films.[3] Shooting locations included Guanajuato.[2]

Release

The film was presented in the 'Cannes Premiere' section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2023.[4] It also made it to the main slate of the 27th Lima Film Festival.[5]

Reception

According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Lost in the Night has a 58% approval rating based on 12 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 6.0/10.[6]

Lee Marshall of ScreenDaily deemed the film to be "at its heart, a fairly conventional crime movie", underscoring that "beneath its edgy surface [the film] is basically a boy detective yarn".[7]

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter deemed the class-inequality mystery thriller film to be "absorbing, but rarely more than that".[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'Perdidos en la noche', la graduación de Ester Expósito y Juan Daniel García". La Crónica de Hoy. 20 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rooney, David (23 May 2023). "'Lost in the Night' Review: Amat Escalante's Class-Inequality Mystery Has Potent Elements Without Much Genre Heat". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ↑ "El mexicano Amat Escalante regresa a la dirección siete años después con 'Perdidos en la noche'". Cine y Tele. 21 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ovación de pie: "Perdidos en la noche", de Amat Escalante". Proceso. 6 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "El 27 Festival de Cine de Lima celebrará a figuras nacionales e internacionales". La Vanguardia. 25 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Lost in the Night". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Marshall, Lee (18 May 2023). "'Lost In The Night': Cannes Review". ScreenDaily.
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