Movie Description:
Maria Alvarez, a bright, spirited 17- year-old, lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia. Desperate to leave herjob stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation, Maria accepts a lucrative offerto transport packets of heroin-which she must swallow-to theUnited States. The ruthless world of international drug trafficking proves to be more thanMaria bargained for as she becomes ultimately entangled withboth drug cartels and immigration officials. The dramatic thriller buildstoward a conclusion so powerful and revealing it could only be based on athousand true stories.