BACKYARD EL TRASPATIO (Mexican)
The Story:
Set at the USA-Mexico border, in a town called Juarez. This town carries their own dark secret , thousands of women disappear every year. Some are found dead, dumped in the desert like trash. But most of them are never found.
We follow this two stories at the same time, one follows Blanca Bravo (Ana de la Reguera), a police detective newly transferred to the city who is soon overwhelmed with cases; the other finds Juanita (Asur Zagada), who moves to the city from the country and joins her cousin working in the maquiladoras, or multinational manufacturing plants set up to take advantage of the cheap labour pool. While Juanita takes advantage of her new-found freedom in the city, Bravo struggles against the indifference of a city and government more often that not resigned to the situation, and inevitably the lives of the two women intersect. People like Bravo and radio host Peralta (Joaquin Cosio) try to effect change, but find themselves in an impossible situation and are challenged to stop anything without sacrificing their own morals in the process.
Starring:
Asur Zágada, Marco Perez, Jimmy Smits, Ana de la Reguera, Joaquin Cosio, Ivan Cortes
Directed By:
Carlos Carrera
Release:
2009
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