2005 Academy Award Nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
2005 Screen Actors Guild Award Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
2005 Film Independent Spirit Award Winner: Best First Screenplay & Best Female Lead
2004 Sundance Winner: Audience Award for Dramatic Film Category
STILLS
HBO Films
Producers:Paul Mezey & James Ordonez
Director:Joshua Marston
Cast:Catalina Sandino Moreno, Virginia Ariza, & Yenny Paola Vega
TRAILER
The film tells the story of one young woman's journey from a small Colombian town to the streets of New York. A bright, spirited 17-year old, Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation.