Maria Full of Grace Page #5

Synopsis: In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets of cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Joshua Marston
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 41 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
87
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
R
Year:
2004
101 min
$6,517,198
Website
2,234 Views


Your passport. With a visa.

Look...

You've got the name and address

of the hotel...

where you say you're staying...

while you're there.

One more thing.

If any of what you're carrying...

gets lost along the way

or doesn't show up...

we'll go and have a little conversation...

with your grandmother, your mother...

your sister...

and little Pachito.

We know exactly...

how much each one of those

62 pellets weighs.

Understood?

I didn't know you were coming again.

Me neither. It just happened.

You know we're not the only ones?

That's how it works.

They send a bunch.

If one gets stopped, it's easier

for the rest to get through.

What are you doing?

I saw you talking to that woman.

Who is she?

She's...

you know.

See that woman with the curly hair

over there?

She is, too.

I met her with Franklin.

I feel like I'm having my period.

I feel like I have to go to the bathroom.

Excuse me.

I don't feel well.

What are you going to do?

Stay calm.

As soon as we land, we'll get a doctor.

I know.

I know.

I lost the hotel address.

Do you know it?

No, I always give them my sister's address.

Do you have a pen?

It's my sister's address in New York.

Excuse me.

May I see your passport,

declaration card, and ticket, please?

Passport, declaration card, and ticket.

Where are you arriving from?

Colombia.

Your destination?

New York.

Are these all your bags?

Yes.

Come with me, please.

Put your hands against the wall please.

Not so close to the wall.

Spread your legs, please.

Maria Alvarez.

- Is that your name?

- Yes.

Is this your first time in this country?

Yes.

Where are you staying?

With my sister.

If we called her, would she confirm

you're coming?

I haven't seen her in four years.

I was planning to surprise her.

And you're going to show up just like that?

What if she's not there?

And if you get there and she's not home?

Where will you go?

I don't know.

In a hotel.

Did you buy this ticket?

Yes.

How much did it cost?

Like $500.

Maria.

What do you do in Colombia?

I work with flowers.

What do you do exactly?

I de-thorn them.

How did you get the money for the ticket...

and the $800 that you have on you?

I saved up.

You know what?

I don't believe you're here on vacation.

Why are you really here?

You want to know what I think?

I think you're bringing drugs...

into the United States.

We've known people who swallow drugs...

and bring them in like that.

Do you have drugs in your stomach?

No.

I want you to prove it.

We would like to submit you to an X-ray.

Please...

sign this document authorizing us

to do the X-ray.

Maria...

you know you're pregnant?

Yes.

Will the X-rays hurt my baby?

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Joshua Marston

Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film Maria Full of Grace. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for Life, then for ABC News during the Gulf War. He returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in Political science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University.Marston also directed an episode of Six Feet Under, and Episode 7 of The Newsroom in 2012. Marston directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. His 2011 film The Forgiveness of Blood premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear. Along with Andamion Murataj, Marston won the Silver Bear for Best Script.In 2016, Marston made his English-language debut on Complete Unknown starring Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film was released on August 26, 2016 by Amazon Studios & IFC Films. Marston is currently directing Come Sunday for Netflix. more…

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