Hostile Border Page #2

Synopsis: Raised in the U.S., Claudia (22) is an undocumented illegal immigrant living beyond her means in a twisted version of the American dream. When she's arrested by the FBI for credit card fraud, Claudia is quickly deported to Mexico. Speaking no Spanish and lost in her foreign "homeland," she reluctantly takes refuge at her estranged father's cattle ranch. As she clashes with her unyielding father, her attempts to return to the U.S. thrust her into a dangerous bond with a foreign smuggler, Ricky. Caught between her father's sermons, Ricky's promises, and the encroaching military, Claudia must navigate a tightrope of impossible choices.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Michael Dwyer, Kaitlin McLaughlin (co-director)
  3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
R
Year:
2015
88 min
28 Views


Get on the horse and...

Let's do it.

Hold her head, please.

You wanna get kicked?

Stand there

if you wanna get kicked.

Claudia, take it.

You see plastic,

you pick it up.

Is this normal?

Yeah, it's the same problem,

over and over.

Animals are stubborn.

They only know

one way to be.

Even if it hurts them.

I don't wanna go inside

that house with him.

Well, he's your dad.

Thank you.

Hey, why is there

a checkpoint?

Is somebody smuggling

drugs, people?

No, not people.

The military uses it to control

whatever is passing through.

Do you know someone

who can help me get back?

Andres wouldn't like that.

I don't care

what Andres thinks.

Bueno.

Was that Andres?

It's no one.

Get to work.

Congratulations.

I got something.

Stop! Stop!

You're an American?

Arturo.

You going for a jog

in the desert, bro?

Think he's

a good guy, right?

What's going on, Ricky?

Why show up like this?

Why don't you tell her

what's going on?

Nothing is going on.

Tell her who you work for.

In English.

Here.

Say it.

Say it.

I work for Ricky.

You can call me Rick.

You work for me?

That's not what I heard.

I heard you were working

for someone else.

Why would I wanna do that?

Look,

the truth is that

the Sergeant talked to me,

and, yeah, he offered me money

to give him information,

but you don't think I'd do something

like that? I'm not a traitor.

Ricky, you know I would

never do that, right?

But we're friends, right?

But you know the deal.

You mess with my stuff,

I have to kill you.

And I have to kill

la pocha here.

We're friends?

You're gonna tell Ricky

that you're gonna help him.

Just tell him that

you know the ranch.

I don't.

Well, learn it.

Listen to me.

Just help him get his stuff

from one side to the other.

Don't tell him, please.

Don't tell Andres.

I know my way

around the ranch.

I can make things

really easy for you.

I like American girls.

I'm gonna take care

of your truck.

Be in touch.

I gotta run.

Good afternoon, sir.

Good afternoon.

Nice day, no?

What brings you here,

gentlemen?

I'm looking for Arturo.

Claudia.

Come here.

Where's Arturo?

I don't know.

He took your truck.

I don't know where he went.

You see?

He's not here.

Are you visiting?

She's only here

for a little bit.

Go inside.

Lita needs you.

You have a beautiful ranch.

A lot of land.

Must be hard to maintain.

To keep secure.

Here, we don't have

any problems with the ranch.

Excuse me. I have work to do.

Don't let them involve us

into their mess.

People are always

driving through my land

looking for a shortcut

to the main road.

It's always

been a problem.

If you see Arturo,

you send him to me.

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Michael Dwyer

Michael Dwyer (1772–1825) was a United Irishmen leader in the 1798 rebellion. He later fought a guerrilla campaign against the British Army in the Wicklow Mountains from 1798–1803. more…

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