Directed by:
Carlos CarreraCinematography:
Martín BoegeCast:
Ana de la Reguera, Joaquín Cosio, Jimmy Smits, Adriana Paz, Lisa Owen, Enoc Leaño, Alejandro Navarrete, Alejandro Calva, Ramón Medína, Ivan Cortes (more)Plots(1)
Blanca Bravo is a tough, idealistic young policewoman trained at the National Police Academy in Mexico City. She has been assigned to Ciudad Juárez, a gritty frontier town just over the U.S. border and the site of multiple international factories...virtually in America's backyard! Young women are disappearing at an alarming rate, most of them poor migrant factory workers. Some are found weeks later, dumped in the desert, murdered and mutilated, and some simply vanish. All are nameless victims of crimes that go uninvestigated by a male-dominated police force who treat them as little more that nuisance crimes. The locals whisper of a serial killer. The authorities want an arrest...the media attention is bad for the city's image and for business. Acting against the orders of her superiors, Blanca's investigation reveals something far more disturbing at work but as she threatens to expose an ugly truth about the very core of society, she runs the risk of becoming a victim herself. (High Fliers Films)
(more)Cast
Ana de la Reguera
Mexico
Best movies:
Paraiso Travel (2008)
The Backyard (2009)
The Book of Life (2014)
Joaquín Cosio
Mexico
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
The Thin Yellow Line (2015)
Matando Cabos (2004)
Jimmy Smits
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Mother and Child (2009)
The Get Down (2016) (series)
Adriana Paz
Mexico
Best movies:
Locked Up (Antena 3 / Fox Version) (2015) (series)
The Backyard (2009)
Spectre (2015)
Lisa Owen
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The Air I Breathe (2007)
Vantage Point (2008)
The Backyard (2009)
Enoc Leaño
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
The Thin Yellow Line (2015)
The Backyard (2009)
Alejandro Navarrete
Mexico
Best movies:
The Backyard (2009)
Chicogrande (2010)
Alejandro Calva
Mexico
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Hell (2010)
The Backyard (2009)
Chicogrande (2010)
Ramón Medína
Best movies:
The Backyard (2009)
México Bárbaro (2014)
Ivan Cortes
Best movies:
The Backyard (2009)
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Carolina Politi
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Duck Season (2004)
The Backyard (2009)
Club Sandwich (2013)
Marco Pérez
Best movies:
Amores Perros (2000)
Trade (2007)
The Backyard (2009)
Juan Carlos Barreto
Mexico
Best movies:
Burn the Bridges (2007)
The Backyard (2009)
Under the Salt (2008)
Amorita Rasgado
Best movies:
The Violin (2005)
The Backyard (2009)
Mezcal (2006)
Sayed Badreya
Egypt
Best movies:
Iron Man (2008)
True Lies (1994)
The Insider (1999)