CARMEN

Director: Benjamin Millepied

Producer(s): Dimitri Rassam, Mimi Valdés, Rosemary Blight

Cast: Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma, Elsa Pataky, Nicole da Silva

Carmen (Melissa Barrera) is a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother, another strong and mysterious woman. Carmen survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard who cold-bloodedly murders two other immigrants in her group. When the border guard and his patrol partner, Aidan (Paul Mescal) —a Marine with PTSD—become embroiled in a deadly standoff, Carmen and Aidan are forced to escape together.