Dead Man's Switch (Spanish: Arillo de hombre muerto, lit. 'Dead man's ring') is a 2024 Mexican melodrama film written, co-produced and directed by Alejandro Gerber Bicecci. It stars Adriana Paz as a Mexico City Metro driver who seeks to find her missing husband, dealing with the reprimands of Mexican bureaucracy, her work environment and her own family.
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Synopsis
Dalia discovers that her husband has disappeared without a trace. Her life, her job as a subway driver, her relationship with her two children, and her relationship with a lover are all crumbling amidst the hustle and bustle, suspicions, investigations, and constant re-victimization.
Cast
Adriana Paz as Dalia
Noé Hernández as Carlos López
Gina Morett as Marta
Gabo Anguiano as Fabián
Andrea Jimenez Camacho as Sonia
Mariel Molino as Esther
Ramón Medína as Fiscal
Ángel Abad as Darío
Antonio Alcantara as Undersecretary
Andalucía as Makeup artist
Zuadd Atala as Mother of missing person
Baltimore Beltran as Ramón Medina
Marcelo Cerón as Beaten boy
Pilar Couto as Neighbor
Rubén Cristiany as Don Martín
Alejandro De la Rosa as Commander
Surya MacGregor as Secretary of the Interior
Miguel Ángel López as Mechanic 1
Desiderio Däxuni as Mechanic 2
Tomihuatzi Xelhuantzi as Mechanic 3
Kimberly Escajadillo as Morgue staff
Alejandro Guerrero as Elías
Alberto Lomnitz as Foreman of mechanics
Roberto Mares as Peasant on video
Aldo Escalante Ochoa as Photographer Fede
Norma Pablo as Caped Employee
Evan Regueira as Documentalist
Boris Schoemann as Mario Bernal
Juan Carlos Terreros as Caped Employee
Production
Principal photography lasted 29 days between September and October 2022 in Mexico.
Release
The film had its world premiere on March 10, 2024, at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, then screened on March 21, 2024, at the 38th Fribourg International Film Festival, on June 9, 2024, at the 39th Guadalajara International Film Festival, September 21, 2024, at the 16th Hola Mexico Film Festival, in December 2024 at the 45th Havana Film Festival, and on April 13, 2025, at the 33rd Arizona International Film Festival.
The film was commercially released on March 20, 2025, in Mexican theaters.