They Come at Night (1998)
95 min
In 1986 LA, an illegal immigrant (Elpidia Carrillo) suffers from past tortures in her native El Salvador. Her husband had been killed and her two children taken from her. She was an educated teacher with a philosophy degree, but now is forced to take only the most menial tasks and lives in a roach-infested dwelling. This fragile woman is turned over to a case worker (Barbara Williams), who is recently divorced and is struggling as a single mother to her young son. These two very different women make contact and the therapist decides to help the Latin American find her children. Inquiries leads to the children being in Mexico and with a high enough fee, they can be smuggled into the US.
- Release date
- September 16, 1998
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Elpidia Carrillo as Maria Velasquez
- Barbara Williams as Dr. Sarah Schaeffer
- Trever O'Brien as Matt Schaeffer
- Sabrina Wiener as Graciela
- Romeo Fabian as Pablito
- Jesus Nebot as Pedro
- Dale Raoul as Red Cross Worker
- Diego Wallraff as Antonio
- Tony Perez as Dr. Cordoba
- Sandy Martin as Hazel
Crew
- Lindy Laub · Director
- Lindy Laub · Writer
- Emanuele Arnone · Composer
- Jürg V. Walther · Cinematographer
- Sandra Adair · Editor
- Natasha Gjurokovic · Editor
- Shana Landsburg · Casting director
- Jules Ward-Gill · Casting director
- Sandra Cannon · Production designer