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After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.


Officer Blanca Bravo arrives in Juarez, Mexico — a grim nexus of corporate colonialism and sexual tourism — to investigate a rash of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos, a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.

Ana de la Reguera
Blanca

Asur Zagada
Juana Sanchez

Marco Pérez
Fierro

Iván Cortes
Cutberto

Jimmy Smits
Mickey Santos

Alejandro Calva
Comandante

Joaquín Cosío
Peralta

Sayed Badreya
El Sultán

Carolina Politi
Sara

Adriana Paz
Hilda
Backyard is a thriller, crime, drama, mystery film released in 2009 exploring themes of mexico, based on true story, police corruption, prostitution, sex trafficking, true crime. Directed by Carlos Carrera, it stars Ana de la Reguera, Asur Zagada, Marco Pérez. Officer Blanca Bravo arrives in Juarez, Mexico — a grim nexus of corporate colonialism and sexual tourism — to investigate a rash of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos, a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.
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