Cast
Catalina Sandino Moreno Guilied Lopez Orlando Tobón Virginia Cristina Ariza Yenny Paola Vega Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez
Credits
Written by: 
Joshua Marston
Plot
A pregnant seventeen-year-old in Colombia, Maria, takes a job as a drug mule swallowing pellets of heroin to travel to New York, and faces danger and a decision about her future, with Catalina Sandino Moreno.
Sinekatalog’s take
A tense, humane and impressive debut.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (37,839 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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