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‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna’s Moving Film Depicts The Human Price Of Immigration In A World Of Hate – Cannes Film Festival

Deadline·Pete Hammond·6 months ago
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ASHES ( Ceniza en la Boca )

Festival: Cannes (Special Screenngs)

Director: Diego Luna

Screenplay: Diego Luna, Abia Castillo, Diego Rabasa

Cast: Anna Díaz, Adriana Paz , Luisa Huertas, Teresa Lozano, Guillermo Ríos, Adriana Jacomé, Sergio Bautista, Benny Emmanuel, Irene Escolar, Anna Alarcón, Dailyn Valdivieso, Charlie Rowe, Laura Gómez

Running Time: 1 hour and 42 minutes

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Sales Agent: Luxbox

SYNOPSIS: Set in Mexico and Spain, Ashes (Ceniza en la Boca) tells the story of Lucila ( Anna Diaz ), a young Mexican woman looking for a better life in Spain where she takes her younger brother, Diego (Sergio Bautista) to reunite with their mother (Adriana Paz) who had left them 8 years earlier to find a new life and, she says, eventually discover a way to bring her family back together.…

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