![]() Kudos to auteur Marston and company and ingenue Moreno for this interesting and enjoyable drama. Unusually well managed without being junked up with the usual Hollywood tawdry tinsel and situational extremes, this very human drama does more pound-for-pound than most films many times its size. ![]() An exceptional film for a low budget one man band indie with a deubting artist in the leading role, this film imparts a strong sense of been-there-done-that reality as it follows Maria from Bogota to New York where her life begins to unravel. 'Maria Full of Grace' tells the tale of an impoverished 17 year old Colombian who becomes pregnant and, in need of money, signs on as a drug 'mule', smuggling cocaine pellets into the US in her GI tract. Threatened by the producers to abandon the scene, Director eventually achieved what he needed by encouraging the actors to improvise, particularly with their blocking.ĭuring the (2005) ceremony, the scene was played during the reading of 's Best Actress nomination. Filming was very difficult, because the actors playing the dealers had not rehearsed the scene in over a month and were having trouble getting into character. ![]() Trivia The scene where Maria and Blanca return the pellets and money to the dealers in the parking lot was the last scene shot during principal photography.
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