Identifying Features

Identifying Features () is a 2020 Mexican/Spanish drama film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic and the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay. It was written and directed by Fernanda Veladez. The co-writer is Astrid Rondero. It is about the many immigrants who often go missing or die on their journeys. Most of the main characters are mothers trying to find their children.
Reception.
It has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "A slow-burning descent into desperation, "Identifying Features" uses one shattered family's ordeal to offer a harrowing look at the immigrant experience." According to Metacritic, which sampled 15 critics and calculated a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, the film received "universal acclaim".