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The Box

The Box

2021•1h 32m•6.4/10
Drama

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🎬TMDb
6.4/10(22)

A young boy on a mission to collect what he believes to be his father’s remains gets sucked into the underbelly of the migrant industry in Mexico.

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Production

Ivanhoe Pictures, TEOREMA, Eficine, FIDECINE, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Language

ES

Status

Released

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Cast

Hernán Mendoza

Hernán Mendoza

Hatzín Oscar Navarrete

Elián Gonzalez

Dulce Alexa Alfaro

Cristina Zulueta

Graciela Beltrán

Alicia Laguna

Jesús Orquíz

Valeria Alcocer

Edward Coward

Carlos Balderrama

Carlos Balderrama

Antonio Ramos

Rodolfo Guerrero

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