Miss Bala (2011)

Directed by

Gerardo Naranjo

Genre

drama film, action film, thriller film

Country

Mexico, United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 205 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in Mexico is caught up with a violent drug cartel after a night out. She is forced to do dangerous tasks to survive as the cartel uses her for their own purposes.

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What happens

Miss Bala (Spanish for "Miss Bullet") is a 2011 Mexican crime action thriller film written by Gerardo Naranjo with Mauricio Katz and directed by Gerardo Naranjo. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. An American remake was made in 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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