La Mala Noche is a night of hallucinations and remorse. Of nostalgia and longing. Of encounters and departures. La Mala Noche is about night as the place souls roam; a fever dream essay on night in Mexico City and those who inhabit it.

Dalia discovers that her husband has vanished without a trace. As her life and her job as a subway driver begin to collapse, the violent indifference of her environment engulfs her in a dark tunnel that seems to lead nowhere.