Song Without a Name
A grieving mother and a solitary journalist confront a predatory system while searching for a newborn stolen from a fake clinic.
Overview
A mother's desperate search for her stolen child leads to unexpected alliances and a fight for justice.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- somber
- melancholic
- disturbing
- quiet evening
- festival film night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a formally assured and deeply affecting social drama, praising its stark imagery and political urgency.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Georgina's search for her stolen daughter exposes how poverty, ethnicity, and bureaucratic indifference obstruct justice.
The film's black-and-white cinematography gives the investigation a stark, documentary-like gravity.
Pedro Campos, a lonely newspaper journalist, takes up Georgina's case and pursues the child trafficking network through reporting.
The stolen child and the parents' desperate search are framed against 1980s Peru's social and institutional instability.
Films like Song Without a Name, and why
The Official Story
shared social realism, investigative drama, and institutional injustice
The Missing Picture
shared child separation, political repression, and emotionally restrained historical drama
The Secret in Their Eyes
shared marginalized protagonists, investigative journalism, and bleak social realism
Movie Details
- Director
- Melina León
- Release Date
- 2020-01-23
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (44)
Cast
- Pamela Mendoza
- Tommy Párraga
- Lucio Rojas
- Maykol Hernández
- Ruth Armas
- Lidia Quispe
- Bruno Odar
- Víctor Prada
- Liliana Trujillo
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus, Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Song Without a Name about?
- A grieving mother and a solitary journalist confront a predatory system while searching for a newborn stolen from a fake clinic.
- What is Song Without a Name like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Song Without a Name as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Song Without a Name violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Song Without a Name as mild.
- What did critics think of Song Without a Name?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a formally assured and deeply affecting social drama, praising its stark imagery and political urgency.
- Which films are like Song Without a Name?
- Films with a similar feel include The Official Story, The Missing Picture, and The Secret in Their Eyes.
- How long is Song Without a Name?
- Song Without a Name runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Song Without a Name?
- In United States, Song Without a Name streams on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Film Movement Plus, Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel.
