Camión de Carga

Camión de Carga

No sacrifice is great enough for a mother

2007•9m

Drama

An ill Central American single mother risks her life in order to give her son a stable future in the United States.

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Production

Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Dolores Maldonado

Anabel

Kevin Martínez

Jesús

Antonio Barrera

Coyote (Jacinto)

Margarita Barrera

Lucía

José Sánchez

Raúl

Arturo Hernández

Doctor

Arturo Yépez

Latin Cop

Iran Kuykendall

American Cop

Yesenia Vásquez

Rosa

Juan Sebastián Jácome

Juan Sebastián Jácome

Coyote #2

Kareem Hennawy

Taxi Driver

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