Backyard
Released: 2009
Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned factories. In the film Mexican police officer Blanca Bravo is sent to Cuidad Juarez to investigate and comes to learn realities of these women's lives, as well as the truth about a police force and local power structure embodied by entrepreneur Mickey Santos that has ceased to care.
Starring: Ana de la Reguera, Asur Zagada, Marco Pérez, Iván Cortes, Jimmy Smits, Alejandro Calva, Joaquín Cosío, Sayed Badreya
Directed by: Carlos Carrera
Written by: Sabina Berman
Language: English, Spanish
Scenes
A female factory worker is desperate to pee, and is shown running off to the ladies' room and using the toilet. The faked pee audio lasts only a few seconds before the scene ends.
Screen Captures
Alternate Titles
Traspatio
De försvunna (Alternative title)