Maria Full of Grace
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| Maria Full of Grace | |
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 Maria Full of Grace film poster |
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| Directed by | Joshua Marston |
| Produced by | Paul S. Mezey |
| Written by | Joshua Marston |
| Starring | Catalina Sandino Moreno, John Álex Toro |
| Music by | Leonardo Heiblum Jacobo Lieberman |
| Cinematography | Jim Denault |
| Editing by | Anne McCabe Lee Percy |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
| Release date(s) | January 18, 2004 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | Colombia United States |
| Language | Spanish |
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Maria Full of Grace (2004, Spanish title: María llena eres de gracia, lit. "Maria, you are full of grace") is a joint Colombian-American film, written and directed by Joshua Marston. The title is a reference to the Hail Mary and a reference to what Maria carries in her into the United States.
The main actress, Catalina Sandino Moreno, was nominated for "Best Actress" in the 77th Academy Awards.
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[edit] Plot
- Tagline: Based on 1,000 true stories.
María Álvarez, a 17-year-old Colombian girl (played by Catalina Sandino Moreno), works in sweat shop-like conditions at a flower plantation to help support her family. However, after finding herself pregnant by her boyfriend, whom she does not love, and being unjustly treated by her boss, she quits and decides to find another job, despite her family's disapproval. On her way to Bogotá to find a new job, she gets offered a position as a mule - one who smuggles drugs by way of swallowing drug-filled pellets. Desperate, she accepts the risky offer and swallows 62 wrapped pellets of cocaine and flies to New York City. After a close call at the US Customs (She was about to be x-rayed, until customs found out she was pregnant), she is set free and sent to a hotel where she is to remove the pellets from her body. She soon discovers, however, the ruthless world of international drug trafficking when a fellow mule, Lucy, dies and is cut open for removal of the pellets. She decides to escape, and her mission becomes one of determination and survival until she finally emerges with the grace that will carry her forward into a new life. In the end Maria decides not to go back to Colombia, but stay in the United States.
At the end of the film, as Maria walks and the camera fades to black, an advertisement in the background reads, "It's what's on the inside that counts" ("es lo que hay dentro que cuenta").
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Catalina Sandino Moreno | María Álvarez |
| Virginia Ariza | Juana |
| Yenny Paola Vega | Blanca |
| Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez | Supervisor |
| Charles Albert Patiño | Felipe |
| Wilson Guerrero | Juan |
| Johanna Andrea Mora | Diana Álvarez |
| Fabricio Suarez, Mateo Suarez | Pacho |
| Evangelina Morales | Rosita |
| Juana Guarderas | Female Pharmacist |
| John Álex Toro | Franklin (as John Alex Toro) |
| Jaime Osorio Gómez (also co-producer) | Javier (as Jaime Osorio Gomez) |
| Guilied Lopez | Lucy Díaz |
| Victor Macias | Pellet Maker |
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