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La Llorona

La Llorona

ThrillerHorrorDrama

6.388/10

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FRGT

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97 min

Release Date: 2019-07-25

Overview - Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

Production Companies

La Casa de ProducciónLes Films du VolcanL'Aide aux Cinémas du MondeEl Ministerio de Cultura Y Deportes de Guatamala

Overview - Accused of the genocide of Mayan people, retired general Enrique is trapped in his mansion by massive protests. Abandoned by his staff, the indignant old man and his family must face the devastating truth of his actions and the growing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes.

User Reviews

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tmdb28039023

8/10

"The fantastic level and the realistic level are the two levels upon which we live," Richard Burton said in The Night of the Iguana. La Llorona — not to be confused with the Curse/Legend of La Llorona — operates equally well on both levels, which in this case we might re-label the legendary level and the historical level. Enrique Monteverde (Julio Díaz) is an aging, infirm, and paranoid Guatema...

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r96sk

r96sk

6/10

<em>'La Llorona'</em> is too slow paced for my liking, it most certainly isn't a bad film though. I just couldn't lock on to what I was watching, every now and then it would hook me in but then I mostly detached again not long later. That's a shame, because there is goodness in this. It's more political drama than horror, not that the latter element is absent but I was anticipating more superna...

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patient1

6/10

Quite the Haunting introduction to the film. This telling of the story is horrific and quite heartbreaking, as any who watch will have to hear to believe. 1st Guatemalan telling for me and its story is beyond distressing, I can only imagine the Horror to come into play soon. The pain of guilt or pure hysteria, either are giving off such a horrifically haunting vibe. Either Madness has set i...

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/10

Set as Guatemala emerges from a period of military dictatorship, we are taken to the palatial home of ailing, retired and complicit general “Enrique” (Julio Diaz). He has been convicted then cleared of being atop a pyramid of abuse, murder and corruption but his associates are determined to keep him further from the hands of the courts and the people. If he falls, so do many of them. His trial has...

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