Backyard: El traspatio (2009)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned factories. In the film Mexican police officer Blanca Bravo is sent to Cuidad Juarez to investigate and comes to learn realities of these women's lives, as well as the truth about a police force and local power structure embodied by entrepreneur Mickey Santos that has ceased to care.

Updated May 10 2020

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US -

2009-10-15

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Runtime: 122 mins Rating: 6.5

Cast

Marco Pérez

Chivito

Lisa Owen

Heidi

Jimmy Smits

Nestor

Ana de la Reguera

Blanca

Joaquín Cosio

General Medrano

Sayed Badreya

Large Man (segment "Truth or Dare")

Enoc Leaño

Paloma Arredondo