Desperate to save his family from death threats by a notorious drug dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe causing pandemonium throughout Mexico.
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Title: Morenita, el escándalo (2008)
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| Mario Almada | ... | Miguel | |
| Everardo Arzate | ... | El Pinto | |
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Michelle Marie Benoit | ... | Anchorwoman |
| Freedom Bridgewater | ... | Roger (as Freedom) | |
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Octavio Castro | ... | Joven Basílica |
| Dagoberto Gama | ... | Vicente Anaya | |
| Horacio Garcia Rojas | ... | Mateo | |
| Ianis Guerrero | ... | Pablo | |
| Ignacio López Tarso | ... | Santiago | |
| José Carlos Ruiz | ... | Obispo | |
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Alfredo Sevilla | ... | Monseignor |
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Pedro Weber 'Chatanuga' | ... | Tio Tonio |
| Maya Zapata | ... | Magdalena | |
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Desperate to save his family from death threats by a notorious drug dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe causing pandemonium throughout Mexico.
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Country:
MexicoLanguage:
SpanishRelease Date:
March 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,500,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Like another reviewer on here, I saw this movie at the Chicago Latino Film Fest and also liked it very much. The movie is set in Mexico City and Tijuana and deals with some of the frustrations in the lives of the poor and lower middle class. It starts off good and gets steadily better throughout the movie.
And as with an earlier reviewer, at my showing the director also appeared and someone asked about his nationality. The person who asked was Mexican and she didn't believe the director himself was from Mexico. So it's not just "Caucasians" or "females" that sometimes assume most Mexicans are brown.