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An unforgettable if sometimes heavy-handed film.
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Bordertown
Lies. Corruption. Murder. One reporter will break the silence.
2007 · 1h 52m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Gregory Nava
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Bordertown
Overview
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
Director and cast
- Gregory Nava Director
- Jennifer Lopez as Lauren Adrian
- Martin Sheen as George Morgan
- Antonio Banderas as Alfonso Diaz
- Maya Zapata as Eva Jimenez
- Sônia Braga as Teresa Casillas
- Kate del Castillo as Elena Diaz
- Randall Batinkoff as Frank Kozerski
- Juan Diego Botto as Marco Antonio Salamanca
- Irineo Alvarez as Domingo Esparza
- Julio Cesar Cedillo as Julio
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