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Maria Full of Grace (2004)

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Overview

Director:
Joshua Marston
Writer (WGA):
Joshua Marston (written by)
Release Date:
2 April 2004 (Colombia) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | Thriller | Crime more
Tagline:
How far will she go before she's gone too far? more
Plot:
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 30 wins & 22 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
Gyllenhaal Linked to Moreno (From WENN. 9 May 2005)
<I>Sideways</I> Captivates Independent Spirit Awards (From IMDb News. 26 February 2005)
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Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Catalina Sandino Moreno ... María Álvarez
Virgina Ariza ... Juana
Yenny Paola Vega ... Blanca
Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez ... Supervisor
Charles Albert Patiño ... Felipe
Wilson Guerrero ... Juan
Johanna Andrea Mora ... Diana Álvarez
Fabricio Suarez ... Pacho
Mateo Suarez ... Pacho
Evangelina Morales ... Rosita
Juana Guarderas ... Female Pharmacist
John Álex Toro ... Franklin (as Jhon Alex Toro)
Jaime Osorio Gómez ... Javier (as Jaime Osorio Gomez)
Guilied Lopez ... Lucy Díaz
Victor Macias ... Pellet Maker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Maria Full of Grace (International: English title)
Maria, llena eres de gracia (Colombia)
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MPAA:
Rated R for drug content and language.
Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA | Colombia
Language:
Spanish | English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Amaguaña, Ecuador more
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Company:
HBO Films more

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Trivia:
Catalina Sandino Moreno became the first actress ever to be nominated to Best Actress at the Oscars for a role that it is spoken entirely in Spanish. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Maria gives Don Fernando the money for Lucy's family, she takes her wallet out twice. more
Quotes:
Juan: [Maria's pregnant] Well, I'll marry you.
María Álvarez: And how long before you start seeing someone else?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Por el Amor a Mi Madre more

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36 out of 47 people found the following comment useful:-
great, 8 October 2004
8/10
Author: pedrodegreiff from Med, Col

When I first heard about María Llena eres de Gracia and its subject, I had many doubts about the treatment of such a delicate subject and how Colombian this movie was, with a writer/director from the USA; but when I heard the interviews and read de reviews I got really interested in the film and went to see it as soon as I could.

The first thing that must be highlighted about this film is the treatment of the drug dealing problem. In this kind of movies is really easy to fall in the conventions and make a story full of clichés with police chases and all powerful heroes, but not, fortunately the director takes another perspective and gets into the life of the 'Mulas', and shows the whole picture without any prejudgment.

Is admirable how a person that had never been in Colombia, before the movie, understands the problem and shows it in a so delicate and powerful way, and is able to put it in the big screen without extremes so common in films about Latin America made by foreign directors, as an example watch Len Loach's Carla's Song.

The story of the movie is quite simple: a 17 years old girl has many economic problems and takes the 'mule' work as an opportunity to get the money she needs. The narration is lineal and relays absolutely in the work of the two main actresses, and this is the success of the movie, the work of the two girls is superb, they transmit lots of energy in the screen, and although sometimes the decisions of the characters are quite sudden, their interpretation makes them absolutely believable.

The movie changed the cover, for commercial reasons of course, and that is a shame, because the first one was really beautiful, it showed Maria in the airport in the middle of a group as if she were in a procession, but the new one although good is more obvious and drug oriented and lacks the delicacy of the film.

Let's wait for Mr Marston next movie.

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