Tempestad () is a 2016 Mexican documentary film directed by Tatiana Huezo. It was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Synopsis Tempestad frequently cuts between the stories of two women. The first, Miriam Carvajal, is an employee at Cancún International Airport. She is injustly accused of human trafficking and is imprisoned at a prison in northern Mexico that is dominated by a cartel. The second, Adela Alvarado, is a circus clown who has searched for a decade for Mónica, her disappeared daughter.
Reception Critical response Tempestad has an approval rating of 95% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews, and an average rating of 8.1/10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Awards and nominations Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Outcome Fenix Awards 7 December 2016 Best Documentary Feature Pimienta Films, Cactus Films, and Terminal Best Documentary Cinematography Ernesto Pardo Best Original Score Leonardo Heiblum and Jacobo Lieberman Ariel Awards 11 July 2017 Best Picture Pimienta Films, Cactus Films, and Terminal Best Director Tatiana Huezo Best Original Screenplay Tatiana Huezo Best Documentary Feature Tatiana Huezo Best Original Score Leonardo Heiblum and Jacobo Lieberman Best Sound Federico González Jordán, Lena Esquenazi, and Carlos Cortés Best Film Editing Lucrecia Gutiérrez and Tatiana Huezo Best Cinematography Ernesto Pardo International Emmy Awards 20 November 2017 Best Documentary Pimienta Films, Cactus Films, and Terminal
See also List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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