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MORENITA, THE SCANDAL

MORENITA EL ESCÁNDALO

By Alan JONSSON GAVICA

CINEMA REPUBLIC - as SALES All rights, World

Thriller - Completed 2008

Desperate to save his family from death threats by a notorious drug dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe causing pandemonium throughout Mexico.

- Year of production
- 2008
- Genres
- Thriller
- Countries
- MEXICO
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Duration
- 92 mn
- Director(s)
- Alan JONSSON GAVICA
- Writer(s)
- Alan JONSSON GAVICA, Annabel OAKES
- Cast
- Horacio GARCIA ROJAS, Ignacio LÓPEZ TARSO, Maya ZAPATA, Everardo ARZATE, Dagoberto GAMA
- Producer(s)
- Ozcar RÁMIREZ GONZALEZ (ARTEMECÁNICA PRODUCCIONES), Alan JONSSON GAVICA (ESFERA FILMS ENTERTAINMENT)
- Synopsis
- Mateo is a young painter and an expert pigeon trainer. He sells 42 pigeons to Aurelio "El Pinto", the leader of a major drug cartel in Tijuana, who will use them to transport cocaine. The trip´s outcome is unsuccessful. As a result of this, "El Pinto" tortures Matthew and threatens his family if he does not recover the money. In a state of desperation, Matthew decides to kidnap the sacred image of the Virgin of Guadalupe Basilica, which carries a spiritual chaos in the country.