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A bright, spirited 17-year-old, Maria Alvarez, lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation. The offer of a lucrative job involving travel--in fact, becoming a drug "mule"--changes the course of her life. Far from the uneventful trip she is promised, Maria is transported into the risky and ruthless... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Drama and Crime/Gangster |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 41 min. |
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| Release Date: |
July 16th, 2004 (select cities) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for language and drug use. |
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| Distributors: |
Fine Line Features
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$6,517,198 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
A
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E! Online,
"The tension is addicting..." more...
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A |
Hollywood Reporter, Duane Byrge
"...a compelling portrait of the desperation of poverty." more...
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A- |
New York Post, Megan Lehmann
"...like a horror movie made real." more...
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A- |
New York Times, Stephen Holden
"Even when you're on the edge of your seat, it never sacrifices a calm, clear-sighted humanity for the sake of melodrama or cheap moralizing." more...
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A |
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