The Box

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The Box

2022

1h 32m

Drama

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28 Reviews

85%

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Teenager Hatzín travels from Mexico City to collect the remains of his father, found in a communal grave in Northern Mexico. But a casual encounter with a seemingly familiar man introduces both doubt and hope around the truth.

Critics Consensus

A rewardingly unsettling watch, The Box handles its sensitive themes with intelligence and empathy.

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

11/10/2022

“The Box” weaves some of the greatest horrors of modern Mexican life into an unsettlingly cryptic thriller.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

11/07/2022

4/5

The film slides effortlessly from mystery to criminal story to quasi-Greek tragedy, changing registers with subtle alterations of tone.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

09/07/2021

This is only notionally a small film, with much weighing on its mind.

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

09/08/2023

The Box is a thought-provoking thriller that focuses on the exploitative regimes that leave a devastating result, and a young boy’s desire to find a father figure.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

03/16/2023

It's a solid and well-acted drama that can hold viewers' interest, even when the movie drags on for a little too long, and a family secret is too easy to predict before it's revealed.

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Soham Gadre

Film Inquiry

12/24/2022

The Box uses an identity crisis to excavate the skeletons in Mexican capitalism’s close -what the movie asks is, who put them there and why?

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gabriel m

@RT97040276 01/07/2023

The Box is a brilliant portrait of the northern mexican reality. Hatzin Naverrete is remarcable. Very strong film in general

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Lorenzo Vigas

Director

Hatzín Navarrete

Hatzin Leyva

Hernán Mendoza

Mario Enderle

Elián González

Richi

Cristina Zulueta

Mario's wife

Dulce Alexa Alfaro

Laura Morales

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Synopsis

Teenager Hatzín travels from Mexico City to collect the remains of his father, found in a communal grave in Northern Mexico. But a casual encounter with a seemingly familiar man introduces both doubt and hope around the truth.

Director: Lorenzo Vigas
Producer: Lorenzo Vigas, Michel Franco, Jorge Hernandez Aldana
Screenwriter: Lorenzo Vigas, Paula Markovitch
Distributor: MUBI
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2022
Runtime: 1h 32m