Virgingate

Original title: Morenita, el escándalo

20082008
RR
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

105

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Thriller

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.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.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.

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

105

YOUR RATING

Director
- Alan Jonsson
Writers
- Alan Jonsson(screenplay)
- Annabel Oakes(screenplay)
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Awards
- 5 wins

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Ignacio López Tarso in Virgingate (2008)

Everardo Arzate and Horacio Garcia Rojas in Virgingate (2008)

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9/10

A great drama-thriller about Mexico

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.

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