Lost in the Night

Lost in the Night
Lost in the Night
	Promotional release poster
Spanish	Perdidos en la noche
Directed by	Amat Escalante
Screenplay by	Amat Escalante; Martín Escalante;
Produced by	Nicolás Celis; Fernanda de la Peza;
Starring	Juan Daniel García; Ester Expósito; Bárbara Mori; Fernando Bonilla;
Cinematography	Adrián Durazo
Edited by	Fernanda 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 (Cannes);
Countries	Mexico; Germany; Netherlands; Denmark;
Language	Spanish

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

Juan Daniel García Treviño as Emiliano[2]
Fernando Bonilla as Rigo[2]
Bárbara Mori as Carmen[2]
Ester Expósito as Mónica[2]
Vicky Araico as Paloma[2]
Mafer Osio as Jazmín[2]

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]

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.[5]

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".[6]

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

References

"'Perdidos en la noche', la graduación de Ester Expósito y Juan Daniel García". La Crónica de Hoy. 20 May 2023.
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.
"El mexicano Amat Escalante regresa a la dirección siete años después con 'Perdidos en la noche'". Cine y Tele. 21 June 2023.
"Ovación de pie: "Perdidos en la noche", de Amat Escalante". Proceso. 6 June 2023.
"Lost in the Night". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
Marshall, Lee (18 May 2023). "'Lost In The Night': Cannes Review". ScreenDaily.

External links

Lost in the Night at IMDb

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[1] "'Perdidos en la noche', la graduación de Ester Expósito y Juan Daniel García". La Crónica de Hoy. 20 May 2023.

[rooney-2] 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] "Lost in the Night". RottenTomatoes. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

[6] Marshall, Lee (18 May 2023). "'Lost In The Night': Cannes Review". ScreenDaily.