Robe of Gems

A visually stunning and profoundly unsettling debut film (winner of the Silver Bear Jury Prize at the 2022 Berlinale) brings into focus the rarely-seen landscapes of the Mexican countryside. In a place steeped in social tragedy and criminal activity, the fates of three women collide when the investigation of a missing person’s case leads them down a path of pain and redemption. Clandestine graves haunt the film’s society which constantly sees its children disappear, or worse, murdered. “Mexico is like a God with multiple faces and the same number of contradictions,” says the director, who fully knows from personal experience the dark sadness that suffocates the country’s fragile social bonds.