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Miss Bala

  • 2011
  • R
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Noé Hernández and Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
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After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.

  • Director
    • Gerardo Naranjo
  • Writers
    • Gerardo Naranjo
    • Mauricio Katz
  • Stars
    • Stephanie Sigman
    • Noé Hernández
    • Irene Azuela
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    9.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gerardo Naranjo
    • Writers
      • Gerardo Naranjo
      • Mauricio Katz
    • Stars
      • Stephanie Sigman
      • Noé Hernández
      • Irene Azuela
    • 48User reviews
    • 136Critic reviews
    • 79Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations

    Videos6

    Tráiler [VO]
    Trailer 2:10
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    Trailer 2:03
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    Miss Bala: Clip 3
    Clip 1:01
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    Miss Bala: Clip
    Clip 1:25
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    Miss Bala: Clip 2
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    Miss Bala: Clip 1
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    Photos19

    Gerardo Naranjo in Miss Bala (2011)
    Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Noé Hernández and Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Noé Hernández and Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)
    Miss Bala (2011)
    Miss Bala (2011)
    Noé Hernández and Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)

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    Stephanie Sigman
    Stephanie Sigman
    • Laura Guerrero
    Noé Hernández
    Noé Hernández
    • Lino Valdez
    Irene Azuela
    Irene Azuela
    • Jessica Verduzo
    J.R. Yenque
    J.R. Yenque
    • Kike Cámara
    • (as Jose Yenque)
    Juan Carlos Galván
    Juan Carlos Galván
    • Arturo Guerrero
    Javier Zaragoza
    • Ramón Guerrero
    Lakshmi Picazo
    • Azucena 'Suzu' Ramos
    James Russo
    James Russo
    • Jimmy
    Leonor Victorica
    • Luisa Janes
    Gabriel Heads
    Gabriel Heads
    • Agent Bell
    Hugo Márquez
    • Javi Fernández
    Miguel Couturier
    • General Salomón Duarte
    Eduardo Mendizábal
    • Quiño
    Sergio Gómez Padilla
    • Parca
    Felipe Morales
    • Tío
    Sergio Miguel Martínez
    • Cali
    Luis Francisco Escobedo
    • Roca
    Armando Gutiérrez Flores
    • Ventura
    • Director
      • Gerardo Naranjo
    • Writers
      • Gerardo Naranjo
      • Mauricio Katz
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    • Trivia
      The character of Kiki Camara, the police officer who takes the phone from Laura, is based on Enrique S. "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (1947 - 1985). Camarena was a Mexican-born American agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration who was abducted, tortured and murdered whilst on assignment (working undercover) in Mexico.
    • Connections
      Remade as Miss Bala (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Me Rio De Ti
      Written by Gloria Trevi, (as Gloria de los Angeles Treviño R.), Marcela de la Garza and Baltazar Hinojosa

      Performed by Stephanie Sigman

    User reviews48

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    Fantastik thriller.
    One of the most exciting young talents around, the Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo approaches the hot-button topic of drug violence through the perspective of an unlikely, unwitting heroine: a Tijuana beauty pageant contestant (Stephanie Sigman) who stumbles into the path of ruthless cartel operatives and corrupt officials. Although inspired by a true story, Miss Bala avoids docudrama clichés and tabloid sensationalism, and instead evokes the pervasive climate of fear and confusion that has enveloped daily life in some increasingly lawless pockets of northern Mexico. Using long takes and fluid, precise camera work, Naranjo fashions a highly original thriller: an anguished and harrowing mood piece with an undertow of bleakly absurdist humor and moments of heart-stopping action. A Fox International Productions release.
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    • Sep 29, 2011

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    • Release date
      • September 9, 2011 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ملكة جمال بالا
    • Filming locations
      • Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico(exterior scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Canana Films
      • Fox International Productions (FIP)
      • Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,567,478
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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