La civil
© Menuetto Film, One For The Road, Les Films du Fleuve, Mobra Films, TeoremaRomanian director Teodora Mihai has an international career committed to the rigor of documentary aesthetics, evident in her observational documentary Waiting for August (Belgium, 2014), which deals with Romanian children living without their parents who have emigrated for economic reasons. In this film, produced and set in Mexico, she returns to the theme of relationships between parents and absent children, but this time she delves into the investigation of the disappearance of young women in the country. The visual texture of La civil employs natural light and the formal visual style of handheld camera work, creating a strong impression of reality to underscore its message more powerfully.