LONGEST NIGHT, THE (2019)
Special Features: 2019 Oscar® Selection, Ecuador
[LA MALA NOCHE]
Sex worker Dana (Noëlle Schönwald) pours all of her earnings — and more — into the costly, life-saving treatments which sustain her critically-ill daughter in Colombia. Increasingly in debt to her contemptible ex-lover and current pimp (Jaime Tamariz) – a local kingpin who trafficks young girls, Dana is also wrestling with opioid addition. When she sees a glimmer of hope in a client with whom she forges a strong bond, she decides to plan an escape. Completely frank and free of judgement, Gabriela Calvache's striking narrative debut is a shrewd, tough look at the devastating impacts of human trafficking and sex slavery. Official Selection, 2019 SXSW, Guadalajara and Edinburgh film festivals. DIR/SCR/PROD Gabriela Calvache; PROD Geminiano Pineda. Ecuador/Mexico, 2019, color, 94 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Opening Date: Monday, September 30, 2019
Genre: Drama
