Midnight Family (2019)
3.9 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 21min
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- Synopsis:
- In Mexico City, the government operates fewer than 45 emergency ambulances for a population of 9 million. This has spawned an underground industry of for-profit ambulances often run by people with little or no training or certification. An exception in this ethically fraught, cutthroat industry, the Ochoa family struggles to keep their financial needs from jeopardising the people in their care. When a crackdown by corrupt police pushes the family into greater hardship, they face increasing moral dilemmas even as they continue providing essential emergency medical services.
- Directors:
- Luke Lorentzen
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Documentary, Drama
- Countries:
- Mexico
- Awards:
2019 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize Documentary #3
Reviews (1) of Midnight Family
Intensely intimate - Midnight Family review by TB
An intimate but also shocking portrait of the human cost of Mexico's healthcare crisis.
Corruption and failings make an already difficult situation, so much harder and testing for the simply incredible Ochoa family. A family who are not just fighting to survive themselves but doing their best to help others.
A very real and well shot series of nights following this family in a hard hitting documentary that really hits home.
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