A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.
Acting
Sánchez-Gijón and Scanda's wary, tender chemistry carries everything.
Direction
Novaro's unflinching gaze on working-class Mexican women rarely seen on screen.
Director
María Novaro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Novaro was a leading voice of 1990s Mexican cinema's 'women's cinema' movement, rarely getting theatrical US distribution despite festival prestige.
The film deliberately mirrors classic American road movies but swaps male rebellion for female survival economics — no romanticism, just bus fares and hunger.
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