Directed by:
Alex CoxScreenplay:
Lorenzo O'BrienCinematography:
Miguel GarzónCast:
Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Alex Cox, Damián Alcázar, Dolores Heredia, Sergio Calderón, Mike Moroff, Alonso Echánove (more)Plots(1)
An episodic look at a young man's life in Mexico's national highway patrol. We follow Pedro Rojas from cadet training and his rookie assignment in a northern border area, to his quick courtship, his taking of bribes ("la mordida"), and his slow exposure to drug smuggling. Rojas re-forms his idealism as youthful naivete gives way to an adult's complicated choices. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Roberto Sosa
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Bruno Bichir
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Vanessa Bauche
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
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Alex Cox
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Damián Alcázar
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Dolores Heredia
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Sergio Calderón
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Mike Moroff
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Alonso Echánove
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Malena Doria
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Jorge Russek
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Gerardo Zepeda
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Jorge Fegán
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Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
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Eduardo López Rojas
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Moisés Iván Mora
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Arturo Farfán
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