Sonora

Sep 6 2019 TV-14 1h 34m
Drama, Thriller, Western

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.

Plot

1931 in Mexico, under pressure from Sonora government, a group of people are forced to take a trip to Mexicali, where they will have to face the racism and other kind of dangers through the dangerous desert.

Written by

John Sayles, Guillermo Munro Palacio, Alejandro Springall

Directed by

Alejandro Springall

Cast

Fernando Becerril, Juan Manuel Bernal, Rafael Cebrián

Crew

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Production Countries

Mexico

Languages

Español

Awards

5 wins & 19 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
821
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA