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2 April 2004 (Colombia) moreTagline:
How far will she go before she's gone too far? morePlot:
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 30 wins & 22 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(24 articles)
Oscar Season Begins! (From Vanity Fair. 19 October 2009, 12:28 PM, PDT)
The Chance of Filmmaker Carrera.
(From FilmExperience. 29 September 2009, 6:56 PM, PDT)
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Powerful and Real more (149 total)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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Maria Full of Grace (International: English title)Maria, llena eres de gracia (Colombia)
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Rated R for drug content and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
101 minColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Ireland:15A | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #40648)Fun Stuff
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The film originally had been selected by Colombia to be its official choice for the 77th Academy Awards. It was rejected because it was considered to be not Colombian enough and the film "El Rey" by the Dorado Brothers was submitted instead. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After Maria gives Don Fernando the money for Lucy's family, she takes her wallet out twice. moreQuotes:
Juan: [Maria's pregnant] Well, I'll marry you.María Álvarez: And how long before you start seeing someone else?
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Cumbia Sol Marina moreFAQ
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In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria (Catalina Sandino Moreno) supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with approx. seventy pellets of cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned.
"Maria Full of Grace" is a very powerful and real movie about the lack of perspective in the life of teenagers in poor countries. The dramatic story takes place in Colombia and is based on real events, the use of poor people to transport drugs to United States of America. Once there, the poor adolescent sees a chance to join to the American Dream and give a better life to her unborn child and make money to send to her family. In my country, mules are not the problem, but the use of children, protected by law, by the dealers in the traffic of drugs. The story is very well written, and the movie has a stunning direction. Catalina Sandino Moreno has awesome performance and this film really deserves the nomination for Oscar and another twenty-seven (27) wins and twenty-one (21) nominations in Festivals. The title plays with the Catholic prayer "Ave Maria". My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil: "Maria Cheia de Graça" ("Maria Full of Grace")