A young Texan mother who loses her child to foster care begins smuggling Mexicans across the border.
Acting
Cornish's hollow-eyed unraveling is career-best underrated.
Cinematography
Desert landscapes that swallow hope whole.
Director
David Riker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director David Riker spent years researching border crossings for his 1998 film 'La Ciudad,' making this his decades-long obsession with migrant trauma.
Cornish learned Spanish for the role but insisted on Ashley's broken, hesitant delivery—she's not fluent, and the film refuses to make her heroic.
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