Gigia Jaramillo

Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.

コロンビアに暮らす貧しい少女が、大金と引き換えに、麻薬を飲み込んで国境を越える“ミュール”の仕事を引き受けることになる。62粒もの麻薬を飲み込んでニューヨークへ向かう少女の姿を、真実に基づいて描いた衝撃作。