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A spirited 17-year-old Colombian girl in search of adventure and a better life elects to become a 'mule' for international drug smugglers in this award-winning film. Catalina Sandino Moreno earned a 2004 Best Actress Oscar(R) nomination for her remarkable portrayal of Maria, a determined and frustrated young woman whose yearning to escape her banal existence leads her to take a risk more dangerous than any she's ever imagined. But how far will she go before she's gone too far? Forced to swallow more than 60 capsules of heroin for transport into the United States, Maria discovers that the ruthless world of drug trafficking is more than she bargained for. Yenny Paola Vega, Jhon Alex Toro and Guilied Lopez co-star. Written and directed by Joshua Marston whose 'strikingly confident debut...sustains an almost unbearable level of tension' (Variety).

2004 · 1h 41m
Director Joshua Marston

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Maria Full of Grace

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A spirited 17-year-old Colombian girl in search of adventure and a better life elects to become a 'mule' for international drug smugglers in this award-winning film. Catalina Sandino Moreno earned a 2004 Best Actress Oscar(R) nomination for her remarkable portrayal of Maria, a determined and frustrated young woman whose yearning to escape her banal existence leads her to take a risk more dangerous than any she's ever imagined. But how far will she go before she's gone too far? Forced to swallow more than 60 capsules of heroin for transport into the United States, Maria discovers that the ruthless world of drug trafficking is more than she bargained for. Yenny Paola Vega, Jhon Alex Toro and Guilied Lopez co-star. Written and directed by Joshua Marston whose 'strikingly confident debut...sustains an almost unbearable level of tension' (Variety).

COMMON SENSE

Unflinching drama of the journey of a drug mule.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8.3
Reviews 142
Fresh 138
Rotten 4

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Studio
HBO Films / Fine Line Features / Journeyman Pictures / Proyecto Tucan / Alter-Ciné / Santa Fe Productions
Released
2004
Run Time
1 hr 41 min
Rated
Unrated Not Rated
Regions of Origin
United States, Colombia, Ecuador
© 2004 Home Box Office, Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish, French
Audio

Spanish (Latin America) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (United States) (Always On, CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.