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Sonora: The Devil’s Highway

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway

20196.01h 35m

Overview

1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, greed, and paranoia prove as deadly as the merciless landscape around them.

Directed by Alejandro Springall
Written by Guillermo Munro, John Sayles
Produced by Bertha Navarro
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Top Cast

Joaquín Cosío

Joaquín Cosío

Emeterio

Giovanna Zacarías

Giovanna Zacarías

Alma

Dolores Heredia

Dolores Heredia

Doña Rosario

Harold Torres

Harold Torres

Marcos

Juan Manuel Bernal

Juan Manuel Bernal

Sánchez

Erando González

Erando González

Pedro

Carolina Molva

Carolina Molva

Pilar

Jason Tobin

Jason Tobin

Lee Wong

Rafael Cebrian

Rafael Cebrian

Yuma Joe

Ben Milliken

Ben Milliken

Tony

About Sonora: The Devil’s Highway

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway is a drama, thriller, western film released in 2019. Directed by Alejandro Springall, it stars Joaquín Cosío, Giovanna Zacarías, Dolores Heredia. 1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, greed, and paranoia prove as deadly as the merciless landscape around them.

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