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Bordertown
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Bordertown

Feb 22, 2007
1h 52m
★ 6.3

Lies. Corruption. Murder. One reporter will break the silence.

Overview

American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.

Genres

Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller

Production Companies

Mosaic Media Group
El Norte Productions
Nuyorican Productions
Mobius Entertainment Ltd.

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Cast

Jennifer Lopez

Lauren Adrian

Jennifer Lopez

Martin Sheen

George Morgan

Martin Sheen

Antonio Banderas

Alfonso Diaz

Antonio Banderas

Maya Zapata

Eva Jimenez

Maya Zapata

Sônia Braga

Teresa Casillas

Sônia Braga

Kate del Castillo

Elena Diaz

Kate del Castillo

Randall Batinkoff

Frank Kozerski

Randall Batinkoff

Juan Diego Botto

Marco Antonio Salamanca

Juan Diego Botto

Irineo Alvarez

Domingo Esparza

Irineo Alvarez

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Julio

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Lourdes Jimenez

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

Rene Rivera

Aris Rodriguez

Rene Rivera