“Ane is Missing is a film of remarkable narrative maturity, a genre-weaving tale probing social, psychological and deeply personal realities.”
"The most resplendent debut film that Spanish cinema has given in the year."
Patricia López Arnaiz won the Goya for Best Actress for her dazzling and intense portrayal of a mother who is searching for her missing teenage daughter and discovers that she knows absolutely nothing about her. In addition, the debut film of short filmmaker David Pérez Sañudo received two other statuettes, for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best New Actress, Jone Laspiur, and was selected at the San Sebastián and Havana festivals. A daring, brave and committed film that, as a backdrop, denounces the abuses of real estate speculators and shows the aftermath that terrorism has left in Basque society.
Lide works as a security guard at a railway construction site, a project that has unleashed a wave of protests. As she returns home after a long night shift, she discovers that her teenage daughter, Ane, is not there. Her worry pushes her to inspect Ane’s belongings. Very quickly she will realize that her daughter is an activist of a radical political movement who is involved in the organization of terrorist attacks. She has no time to lose before finding Ane.