

Prayers for the Stolen
Find the light in the darkness.
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.
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7.6/10
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- Released
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- Language
- Spanish
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Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Switzerland, United States of America, Argentina
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival30 Sept 2021
- Digital / OTT17 Nov 2021
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival14 Oct 2021
- Theatrical (limited)158 Apr 2022
- Digital / OTT15MUBI29 Apr 2022
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival16 Aug 2021
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival22 Oct 2021
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT16Netflix1 Feb 2022
ChinaCN
- PremierePingyao International Film Festival19 Oct 2021
CzechiaCZ
- Premiere18+Karlovy Vary International Film Festival21 Aug 2021
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival15 Jul 2021
- TVARTE19 Dec 2022
GreeceGR
- Theatrical19 May 2022
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT188 Apr 2022
MexicoMX
- Theatrical16 Sept 2021
NetherlandsNL
- Digital / OTT1816 Sept 2021
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Prayers for the Stolen was released on 16 September 2021.
Audience reviews
2- B7/10
badelf
2/12/2023
It seems like the English title was created just to pull at the heart strings - That was totally unnecessary. The acting is really impressive. We've spent a huge amount of time in Mexico (due to the pandemic). This story is a truth in some areas of Mexico. It is a heart-breaking, real-life, horror story. It is a fact that some villagers do not escape this horror.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/16/2024
Yikes but this is quite a difficult film to watch. It's centred around three teenage girls who live amidst the poppy fields of Mexico. "Ana" (Maria Membreño) "Paula" (Alejandro Camacho) and "Maria" (Giselle Barrera Sánchez) try to live their lives as normally as they can, but the fact that their school teacher is leaving because he won't pay protection money to the drug pedlars gives us some indication of the society…
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