Daniel & Ana

Daniel & Ana is a 2009 Mexican thriller drama film directed by Michel Franco.

It had its world premiere on May 18, 2009, at the Cannes Film Festival and stars Darío Yazbek Bernal and Marimar Vega.

The two are kidnapped at gunpoint and, under threat of being raped and killed, are filmed stripping and having sex.

In time Ana proves more resilient, consulting a psychiatrist and reconciling with Rafa.

[4] The Village Voice also gave a mixed review, saying that the film was effective until the final act which they felt "tips the film's delicate balance over into lurid grotesquerie, even as [Franco's] staging remains as consciously muted as ever.