Miss Bala

2011
R
1h 53m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

9.5K

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Noé Hernández and Stephanie Sigman in Miss Bala (2011)

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Action Crime Drama Thriller

After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.

Director
- Gerardo Naranjo
Writers
- Gerardo Naranjo
- Mauricio Katz
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

9.5K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Gerardo Naranjo
Writers
- Gerardo Naranjo
- Mauricio Katz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 9 nominations total

Videos6

Photos19

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Trivia
The character of Kiki Camara, the police officer who takes the phone from Laura, is based on Enrique S. "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (1947 - 1985). Camarena was a Mexican-born American agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration who was abducted, tortured and murdered whilst on assignment (working undercover) in Mexico.

Connections
Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 415: Pain & Gain (2013)

Soundtracks
Me Rio De Ti
Written by Gloria Trevi, (as Gloria de los Angeles Treviño R.), Marcela de la Garza and Baltazar Hinojosa
Performed by Stephanie Sigman

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Featured review

7/10

Enjoyable Enlightening Mexican Drugs and Gun Thriller

I like foreign language films and this is right up there as one which can be enjoyed from beginning to end. It is a Mexican film in Spanish language with perfect subtitles in English on DVD.

The story is of course about a young girl called Laura who has a dream of becoming a Beauty queen while also being a story about how she gets caught up and used in a drugs war.

There is no doubt that Laura is portrayed as a very stubborn character and is presented with opportunities to escape from her dangerous situations but she is possessed of fear what might happen to her Father and Brother.

She has seen that the Mexican police could not be trusted, so who could she trust? The film also illustrates how a drug cartel might also influence the outcome of a Beauty pageant to instill fear and control over one of its participants.

Yes it is a little depressing but a riveting drama thriller to watch. Considering the subject matter, there is nothing graphically sexual and no outlandish bad language, there are a couple of sex scenes but the filming generally is carefully considered and respectable.