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THE ABSENCE OF EDEN

Genre
Drama
Running time
85 minutes
Year
2023
Language
English
Country
United States of America (USA) and Mexico
Director
Marco Perego
Bio
Producer
Robert Kravis, Karl Herrmann, Julie Yorn, Marco Perego
Cast
Zoe Yadira Saldana Perego, Adria Arjona, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Waits, Chris Coy, Sarah Minnich
Scriptwriter
Rick Rapoza, Marco Perego
The borderland between the United States and Mexico – a hellish landscape inhabited by coyotes, armed officers, desperate immigrants and refugees – is the setting for this tough story a Mexican woman on the run from a cartel and looking for a better life in the north. Avatar star Zoe Saldana, whose own family migrated to the US from the Dominican Republic, takes a leap from action franchises to play this undocumented Mexican immigrant who finds herself working with a morally conflicted ICE agent (Garrett Hedlund) to try to save the life of a young girl. Based on two years of research, the film goes behind the headlines to show how easily vulnerable migrant groups such as young children are abused and exploited.

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