Coyote Lake (film)

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Coyote Lake
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Directed bySara Seligman
Written bySara Seligman
Produced byNikki Stier Justice
Van Johnson
Anne Clements
Ash Christian
Starring Camila Mendes
Charlie Weber
Adriana Barraza
Neil Sandilands
Manny Pérez
Music by Fabrizio Mancinelli
Release date
  • 2 August 2019 (2019-08-02)(United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish and Spanish

Coyote Lake is a 2019 American psychological thriller drama film, directed and written by Sara Seligman. The film is produced by Nikki Stier Justice, Van Johnson, Anne Clements, and Ash Christian under the banner of Cranked Up Films, and Van Johnson Company. The film stars Camila Mendes, Charlie Weber, Adriana Barraza, Neil Sandilands, and Manny Pérez. The film was scheduled to release on 2 August 2019. [1]

Contents

The movie revolves around a woman and her daughter. They live in a deserted guest house. Drugging guests and killing them seems to be the order of the day for them. Two drug dealers emerge and change the daughter’s perception about life. The daughter finally gets courage to escape the best way she knows how.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes gives Coyote Lake an approval rating of 83%. [2]

Steve Davis of The Austin Chronicle wrote, "The exquisitely precise direction by Seligman (making an impressive debut here), the trim editing by Eric F. Martin, the gorgeous nighttime cinematography by Matthias Schubert – all contribute to an eerie otherworldliness in this beautifully executed opening sequence of Coyote Lake". [3] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "The film is carried along by the strength of Mendes' emotionally complex, restrained performance that makes clear that Ester is as much victim as accomplice". [4]

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