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Maria Full Of Grace
2004
These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl. Read more
| Starring | Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Bobby Plasencia, John Álex Toro |
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| Director | Joshua Marston |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Maria Full Of Grace
These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl.
| Starring | Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Bobby Plasencia, John Álex Toro |
|---|---|
| Director | Joshua Marston |
| Studio | ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish Blu-ray: Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 22 Aug 2005 Blu-ray: 16 Feb 2009 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Told with a forensic eye for detail and a sure sense of suspense by debuting director Joshua Marston, the story of drug mule Catalina Sandino Moreno's journey from Bogota to New York is both rivetting and revealing. Frustrated by domestic demands in her rural Colombian community, the pregnant 17-year-old is never depicted as a villain or a victim, when she elects to ingest a consignment of heroin for dealer Jaime Osorio Gomez. Consequently, the viewer is forced to confront both the criminal and the human cost of trafficking, while bearing in mind Moreno's distress on the plane and her ultimate fate in the States.
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Involving drama centred on a fine performance by Catalina Sandino Moreno, but one that raises more questions than it answers.
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227 out of 236 people found this review helpful
Powerful and Insightful
This is a powerful and intelligent movie that should not be missed. It follows the life of Maria, a Colombian peasant girl, who she tries to find a solution to poverty that surrounds her. In her efforts to support her family and escape from the dreary life she is leading, Maria accepts an offer to become a 'Mule', someone who carries drugs in their stomach from one country to another.
The Film 'Traffic' showed that it is not by bringing down the drug cartels that we eradicate the problem of drugs, but by working with those who use. 'Maria Full Of Grace' explores a different angle, that of the poverty which leads a person to take on the horrific task of the 'Mule'.
It makes for powerful, thought provoking viewing. The lead actress is superb and was suitably nominated for an Oscar. If you want to see something that will get the grey matter working as well as pull a few heartstrings, this is just the thing. -
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Maria Full of Paste!
Ms Moreno really is 'full of grace' as a intelligent and feisty pregnant teenager looking to break out of the shackles of poverty to which she is destined in rural Columbia by becoming a drugs 'mule'. She carried this film and was well worth her Best Actress award at the Berlin Film Festival and her Oscar Nomination for Best Actress in 2004. Joshua Marston the Director must be commended for his non-judgemental handling of the material and his ability to get such a polished performance out of his lead. Given the films strong themes of 'self-sacrifice' and seeking 'salvation in the West', it can only be a co-incidence that the female lead is called 'Maria' (Mary) and she is pregnant with a boy.
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Hawke to star in, direct and write new movie
- 10 Feb 2006
Renaissance man Ethan Hawke is to direct a film starring himself, written by himself and based on his own novel. The Hottest State will not be the Gattaca and Training Day star's debut behind the camera, after directing Chelsea Walls, which featured Uma Thurman, Natasha Richardson and Kris Kristofferson. Lining up in front of the camera alongside Hawke in the new movie will be Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) and Laura Linney (Mystic River).... Read more
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These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl.... -
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Maria Full Of Grace
These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl....
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