Prayers for the Stolen

'Night of Fire') is a 2021 Mexican drama film directed and written by Tatiana Huezo,[1][2] which adapts Jennifer Clement's novel Prayers for the Stolen.

The next day starts with a school scene in which one of the students says "the scorpion has a stinger to protect it from its enemies".

Ana is moved by what the teacher tells her and dreams of changing the existing order.

[7] In October 2021, it was disclosed to be the Mexican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.

The website's critical consensus states: "As absorbing as it is harrowing, Prayers for the Stolen observes life under the shadow of systemic violence with startling clarity".

[9] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".