Sundown

Directed by Michel Franco

Starring: Tim Roth, Albertine Kotting McMillan & Samuel Bottomley

When a distant emergency summons the wealthy Bennett family back to the U.K., disrupting a vacation on the Mexican coast in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Neil (Tim Roth). The delicate balance of the deceptively close‐knit clan, including siblings Colin and Alexa (Samuel Bottomley, Albertine Kotting McMillan), is irrevocably upset. Continuing his exploration of individuals and societies under pressure, writer‐director Michel Franco (New Order) ascends to the heights and depths of an Acapulco - and a family that is more than meets the eye. Playing out in the sleek hotel suites and scruffy tourist haunts of a disparate and stratified seaside locale, and across the psychological battlefield of a precarious dynasty, Sundown unfolds in sharp, surreptitious bursts.

IMDB: 6.5/10

Perfect pitch ★★★★★ - The Guardian

An existential mystery. Impossible to guess where it is heading - IndieWire

Genuinely chilling. It will leave you guessing and haunted - Film

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