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Benjamin Millepied's CARMEN is a gritty modern day tale starring Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, and Rossy de Palma, with a majestic original score by Nicholas Britell, and original songs by Julieta Venegas, Taura Stinson, and The D.O.C.. The film follows a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert, and embarks on a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US. After a deadly standoff, Carmen is forced to flee north to Los Angeles with Aidan, a Marine with PTSD, in search of her mother’s best friend, Masilda, owner of La Sombra nightclub - a sanctuary of music and dance. Carmen and Aidan find both solace and their unwavering love for each other in Masilda’s magical refuge, but time is running out as the police hunt closes in.