IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS

Special Features: Special Presentation | U.S. Premiere

[AÚN ES DE NOCHE EN CARACAS]
Rolling blackouts, food scarcity and violent protests sweep through Caracas, making Adelaida’s (Natalia Reyes, BIRDS OF PASSAGE) journey to her mother’s funeral a dangerous endeavor. As friends and neighbors try to flee to Europe, Adelaida tends to the book-filled apartment she and her mother shared for over 30 years. But one fateful day, she runs out for errands and returns home to find the apartment suddenly occupied by a menacing militia. The locks have been changed with all her possessions sealed inside. With nowhere left to turn, she finds refuge in a unit across the hall, but it comes with a price. Grief-stricken and on edge, she retreats to memories of better times — of her childhood, her mother and her ex-boyfriend (Édgar Ramírez, CARLOS, EMILIA PÉREZ). But if she wants to survive, Adelaida will have to put everything on the line and fight for a chance to start over. Coming directly from its premieres at the 2025 Venice and Toronto film festivals, and adapted from the bestselling novel by Karina Sainz Borgo, this breathless thriller by filmmaking duo Marité Ugás (THE KID WHO LIES) and Mariana Rondón (BAD HAIR) is a painful eulogy to a country in free fall. –Josh Gardner

DIR/SCR Marité Ugás, Mariana Rondón; SCR from the novel by Karina Sainz Borgo; PROD Stacy Perskie. Mexico/Venezuela, 2025, color, 97 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Run Time: 97 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, October 03, 2025

Genre: Drama

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