The Huntress (La Cazadora)

Mexico/United States202695 minSpanish

In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.

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In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.

Writer-director Suzanne Andrews Correa, an award-winning Sundance Film Festival shorts alum, returns to the Festival with a harrowing portrait of one woman pushed to extremes by an oppressive culture of violence, intimidation, and silence. Adriana Paz (Emilia Pérez) delivers a charged performance as Luz, a woman haunted by damage done to herself, her co-workers, and friends, who is desperate to protect her teenage daughter.

Correa’s electric direction and Maria Sarasvati Herrera’s disorienting cinematography reinforce Luz’s constant, propulsive fear and evoke a sense of the stalking dangers that surround her as she carries out her transgressive acts of defiance. Veteran actor Teresa Sánchez adds texture and nuance as Ximena, who leads the search for the disappeared and murdered, offering her own hard-fought resistance to the stifling, violent misogyny that envelopes their community. — HZ

This film contains mature content and is not recommended for audiences 17 and under.

Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1) and credentialed press and industry (January 28–February 1).

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Credits

Director(s)
Suzanne Andrews Correa
Screenwriter
Suzanne Andrews Correa
Producers
Gabriela Maire
Edher Campos
Mynette Louie
Executive Producers
Adriana Paz
Fabiola Velázquez
Amaury Vergara Zatarain
Luis Rosales
Director of Photography
Maria Sarasvati Herrera
Editor
Gilberto González Penilla
Production Designer
Francisco Blanc
Composer
Tomás Barreiro
Sound Design
Alejandro de Icaza
Principal Cast
Adriana Paz
Teresa Sánchez
Jennifer Trejo
Eme Malafe
Guillermo Alonso

Company
UTA Independent Film Group
Contact

FilmSales@unitedtalent.com

Meet the Artist

Suzanne Andrews Correa

Suzanne Andrews Correa is a Mexican American filmmaker whose credits include the Paramount+ series 15 a la Hora and Green, which won the Short Film Jury Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. They have been supported by Sundance Institute, SFFILM, Princess Grace Foundation-USA, and the Directors Guild of America, and they hold an MFA in directing from Columbia University.

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