Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno), a bright, spirited 17-year-old, lives with three generations of
her family in a cramped house in rural colombia.
Desperate to leave her job stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation, Maria accepts a lucrative offer
to transport packets of heroin-which she must swallow-to the United States. The ruthless world of international
drug trafficking proves to be more than Maria bargained for. She becomes ultimately entangled with both
drug cartels and immigration officials.
The dramtic thriller builds toward a conclusion so powerful and revealing it could only be based
on a thousand true stories.
| Screen |
Aspect Ratio 16:9,Widescreen |
| Languages |
Spanish, Spanish (Latin American) |
| Release Date: |
11 August 2008 |
Special Features
- Commentary from director Joshua Marston.
- Theatrical trailer.