Neil and Alice Bennett (Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg) are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico with younger members Colin and Alexa (Samuel Bottomley, Albertine Kotting McMillan) until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore in this suspenseful jolt from writer/director Michel Franco. The story of a holiday in Acapulco takes an unexpected turn. Narrative twists and turns are followed by sudden revelations, moments of horror, stunning sunsets and radical decisions.

“Sundown” is another screen meeting between Michel Franco and Tim Roth for whom it is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding roles in his achievements.