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Border Run
Border Run
Original movie poster
Directed byGabriela Tagliavini
Written byDon Fiebiger and Amy Kolquist
Produced byLucas Jarach
StarringSharon Stone
Billy Zane
Miguel Rodarte
Olga Segura
Rosemberg Salgado
CinematographyAndrew Strahorn
Edited byJames Coblentz
Music byEmilio Kauderer
Sebastián Kauderer
Marco Werba
Ana Bárbara
Production
company
Distributed byKalinos Filmcilik
Polarstar Films
SND Groupe M6
Scanbox Entertainment
Square One Entertainment
Ster-Kinekor Distribution
Tanweer Films.
Release date
  • October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Border Run (earlier title The Mule) is a 2012 American mystery thriller film produced by Lucas Jarach and directed by Gabriela Tagliavini. The film is based on true events and was released on DVD in February 2013.[1] Sharon Stone stars as an American reporter who searches for her missing brother. The film depicts human smuggling across the United States/Mexican border. The story is based on actual events.[2][3]

Plot

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Sofie Talbert is a hard-hitting journalist against illegal immigration to the United States. Learning that her brother in Mexico has gone missing, she goes to find him and uncovers the brutal reality of the desperate people who risk their lives to cross into the States.

Cast

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Actor Role
Sharon Stone Sofie Talbert
Billy Zane Aaron Talbert
Miguel Rodarte Javier
Manolo Cardona Roberto
Olga Segura Maria
Giovanna Zacarías Juanita
Rosemberg Salgado Rafael

Recognition

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Border Run earned a nomination for Best Feature Film at the 2013 Imagen Foundation Awards.[4]

Reception

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The film has been described as "Stone's Taken".[5] A mixed review in PEP found the film "lacking heart"[6] while The Japan Times stated that it was "raught with old-school spy aesthetics."[7]

Themes

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The film points out that some illegals are twice-removed from their country of origin, having crossed from Central America into Mexico and then the United States, which increases the hazards they face.[citation needed]

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