At the Gates

At the Gates

97 mins | Sept. 5, 2022

Ana (Vanessa Benavente), a housekeeper from El Salvador, brings her teenage son Nico (Ezekiel Pacheco) to help her clean an affluent family's Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers, Marianne (Miranda Otto) and Peter Barris (Noah Wyle), that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house until the crisis blows over. As days go by and the interactions between the two families become increasingly tense, Nico begins to question their hosts' true intentions in this riveting and insightful drama from first-time feature director Augustus Meleo Bernstein.

At the Gates

97 mins | Sept. 5, 2022

At the Gates
Ana (Vanessa Benavente), a housekeeper from El Salvador, brings her teenage son Nico (Ezekiel Pacheco) to help her clean an affluent family's Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers, Marianne (Miranda Otto) and Peter Barris (Noah Wyle), that immigration officers are searching for her, she accepts the invitation to shelter in their house until the crisis blows over. As days go by and the interactions between the two families become increasingly tense, Nico begins to question their hosts' true intentions in this riveting and insightful drama from first-time feature director Augustus Meleo Bernstein.
Producers
Original title At the Gates
Directors Augustus Meleo Bernstein
Writers Augustus Meleo Bernstein

Cast

Miranda Otto

as Marianne Barris

Noah Wyle

as Peter Barris

Sadie Stanley

as Lauren Barris

Vanessa Benavente

as Ana Ibarra

Peter Murnik

as Officer Daniels

Kelly Sry

as Officer Chen

Ezekiel Pacheco

as Nico Ibarra

Jack Eyman

as Oliver Barris

Max Davis

as Officer Tommy

Nikita Chaudhry

as Alarm System (voice)

Christopher Alvarenga

as Officer Derek