Miss Bala (2011)

Miss Bala (2011) - [limited]

Certificate R 113 min   -   Action | Drama
Metascore: 73/100 (4 reviews)
The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.
Director: Gerardo Naranjo
Stars: Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, Irene Azuela, Jose Yenque, James Russo, Miguel Couturier, Gabriel Heads 





The Buzz: Former model Stephanie Sigman had never acted before she was cast in the newest work from writer-director Gerardo Naranjo, a favorite of film journalists who tend to find the work of Alejandro González Iñárritu to be contrived. Shortlisted for the Foreign Language Oscar, look for more talk on Naranjo's "intelligent action" movie as its successful festival run comes to an end.