Maria Full Of Grace (DVD, 2005)

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Desperate to escape from her banal life in rural Colombia, seventeen year old Maria Alvarez accepts a job of transporting heroin into the United States. Things soon spiral out of control, however, as she finds herself caught up with both drug lords and immigration officials...

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ProducerPaul S. Mezey
EAN7321900883702
eBay Product ID (ePID)46954840

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ActorJohanna Andrea Mora, Virginia Ariza, Wilson Guerrero, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Film/TV TitleMaria Full of Grace
DirectorJoshua Marston
LanguageSpanish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time101 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen
Release Year2005
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureColombia
Additional InformationThis debut feature film by Joshua Marston tells the suspenseful and absorbing story of Maria, a poor, pregnant Columbian teenager (Catalina Sandina Moreno) with a soul-crushing job at a flower plantation and a rebellious streak. Her multigenerational, all-female family relies too much on her as the principle breadwinner, squandering her earnings on medicines of questionable value for her sister's baby. This drives Maria to quit, dump her immature boyfriend, and go to Bogota where she tumbles into work as a drug mule. Like thousands of real-life Columbians, she earns money by flying to New York City with up to a kilogram of tightly wrapped heroin pellets in her stomach, risking prison or worse: instant death should even one of the pellets break open inside her. Marston based the film on actual interviews with airport customs agents and former mules; the result is an authentic, intensely cinematic experience. The camera wrings vivid colour and mood from the many on-location settings and doesn't shy away from any aspect of Maria's journey, making this succeed as a suspense film, character study, and detailed examination of a rarely seen aspect of the drug wars. Thanks to the superb performance and charisma of lead actress Moreno--in her film debut--the audience stays riveted to her plight every step of the way. MARIA FULL OF GRACE made its debut at Sundance where it won the Audience Drama Award.
ReviewsArena - Astonishing., Total Film - Riveting., The Mirror - Mesmerising., Entertainment Weekly - A triumphant performance by Cataline Sandino Moreno, Rolling Stone - Stunning...a powerhouse film
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleMaria Full Of Grace

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  • Understated but nonetheless engaging film

    Everything about this film was understated ; the main character, the settings both in Colombia and New York represented the poverty of the characters' situations. The sporadic drama that inevitably broke out reminded us of the gravity of the situation and tragedy of so many peoples' lives in the sick and all too visible Cocaine trade. Part of me felt underwhelmed by the ending of the film but conversely left me guessing the outcome of the main characters' fate, all in keeping with the mood of the film. An interesting and well constructed film and would recommend to those who like a serious film but shy away from some of the more violent offerings in the same theme ( eg,the Mexican offering ' Heli').

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