One of the most powerful and brilliantly acted films I have seen in a while.
Making a film about drug-smuggling is never going to be an easy task, but director Joshua Marston has captured the rawness of the subject and yet brought some tenderness to the character as well.
We all know that women who become 'drug-mules' are normally forced into this type of work, whether it be physically or emotionally. The same happens for 17 year old Columbian Maria, who after becoming pregnant and getting sacked from her job is approached to swallow some pellets of cocaine and get them to New York. Desperate for money to support herself and her family, she agrees to the risky offer and we follow her as she learns how to swallow the pellets and what to say at the airport should she be stopped.
The acting from this woman is superb, and being shown how drugs are exported over the border is a shocking thing to see, especially when it all rests on a girl who is not even 18.
A mind-blowing film that thoroughly deserves its critical praise.
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