# Identifying Features (2020)

> A mother’s desperate search for her missing son becomes a haunting passage through cartel violence, migrant vulnerability, and uncertain closure.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/460477

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Fernanda Valadez
- Cast: Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela, Ana Lauda Rodríguez, Armando García, Laura Elena Ibarra, Juan Pablo Acevedo, Xicoténcatl Ulloa
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394282/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: harrowing, melancholic, oppressive, serious film night, international cinema evening

## Synopsis

A mother's desperate search for her son leads her into a world of danger and deception.

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