Sold

Mar 11, 2011

0h 13m

★ 6.0

Overview

Told through the eyes of a young journalist named Maya, who has inadvertently gotten captured into a human trafficking ring while doing an investigative article on the treatment of illegal immigrants in America

Genres

Drama

Action

Thriller

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Cast

Maya

Fernanda Romero

Alexa

Maria-Elena Laas

Rio

Jesse García

The Driver

Héctor Jiménez

Ruthy

Maria Olsen

Martin

David Alan Graf

Clint

Andrew Keegan

Will

Wilmer Calderon

Isabella

Carmen Corral

Angel

Rey Borge

Jen

Ashley Sawyer

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7.0

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7.4

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7.4

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6.5

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0.0

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6.2

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7.5

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6.5

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7.6

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6.6

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6.5

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