Maria Full Of Grace, left me full of tears


i watched this touching Colombian tale last night and in the process fell in love with Catalina Sandino Moreno. for those in the dark (especially a certain piggie), no this is not a colombian porn.

the story is about maria, a poor (as in poverty poor, not sympathy poor) 17-year-old who got pregnant and dumped by her bf, decided to become a drug "mule" in order to provide a better life for her baby. maria is promised lots of cash and a round trip to new york if she is able to carry the heroin across US border, in her stomach.

the drugs were carefully sealed inside rubber pellets...slightly larger than a big grape...and maria had to swallow 62 pellets! if you think you can't stomach this, be warned that there's more gross scenes coming up.

as much as i'm tempted to continue the story, i really should not spoil the movie experience for you. watch it and fall in love with maria like i did.

this movie is en espanol, con subtitulos en ingles by the way.

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