Backyard (film)

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2009 Mexican film
Backyard
Film poster
SpanishEl traspatio
Directed byCarlos Carrera
StarringAna de la Reguera
Marco Pérez
Distributed byParamount Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 20 February 2009 (2009-02-20)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Backyard (Spanish: El traspatio) is a 2009 Mexican crime film directed by Carlos Carrera.[2]

Plot

Officer Blanca Bravo (Ana de la Reguera) arrives in Juarez, Mexico to investigate a sequence of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos (Jimmy Smits), a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.[3]

Cast

  • Ana de la Reguera as Blanca
  • Marco Pérez as Fierro
  • Asur Zagada as Juana Sanchez
  • Ivan Cortes as Cutberto
  • Joaquín Cosío as Peralta
  • Alejandro Calva as Comandante
  • Jimmy Smits as Mickey Santos
  • Carolina Politi as Sara
  • Amorita Rasgado as Márgara
  • Enoc Leaño as Gobernador
  • Adriana Paz as Hilda
  • Lisa Owen as Silvia
  • Sayed Badreya as El Sultán
  • Juan Carlos Barreto as Alvarez

References

  1. ^ "Paramount creates Worldwide Group". Variety. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ Leydon, Joe (2009-09-24). "Backyard". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. ^ Backyard, retrieved 2021-11-30

External links

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Carlos Carrera
Films directed
Feature films
  • La mujer de Benjamín (1994)
  • La vida conyugal (1993)
  • Sin remitente (1995)
  • Un embrujo (1998)
  • The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)
  • Backyard (2009)
  • De la infancia (2010)
  • Ana y Bruno (2017)
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