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Gigantes (The)

Country: Mexico, Language: English, Spanish, 94 mins

  • Director: Beatriz Sanchís
  • Writer: Marty S. Minnich, Beatriz Sanchís
  • Producer: Ornella Jaramillo, Nicole Maynard Pinto, Inna Payán, Luis Salinas

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Suffocated by debt, JJ, a young white trash woman from the United States, escapes from Los Angeles to Baja California, Mexico, in search of an old lover to save her from her tumultuous existence. She is accompanied by Esmeralda, a 14-year-old Mexican teenager who runs away from home and offers her a tempting sum of money if she agrees to take her to see her father. Always with the threat of being discovered, they embark on an adventure through the desert in which JJ's bad decisions will complicate things more and more; But, along the way, a special relationship will emerge between the two.


Asfixiada por las deudas, JJ, una joven mujer white trash de los Estados Unidos, escapa de Los Ángeles a Baja California, México, en busca de que un viejo amante la salve de su tumultuosa existencia. La acompaña Esmeralda, una adolescente mexicana de 14 años que se escapa de casa y le ofrece una tentadora suma de dinero si acepta llevarla a ver a su padre. Siempre con la amenaza de ser descubiertas, se embarcan en una aventura por el desierto en la que las malas decisiones de JJ complicarán cada vez más las cosas; pero, en el camino, surgirá una relación especial entre las dos.


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Cast & Characters

Ana Layevska (as Tamara)
Angelica Castro (as Reporter)
Ian Stanley (as The Leech)
Kristyan Ferrer (as Toño)
Pedro De Tavira (as Tristan)
Kevin Indio Copeland (as Sheriff)
Mimi Lazo (as Carmen)
Andrea Sutton (as Esmeralda)
Sebastián Buitrón (as Bernardo)
Angelique Maurnae (as Denisse)
Regina Orozco (as Amparo)
S.J. Smith (as JJ)
Luisa Almaguer (as Azul)
Aja Thomas (as Pedestrian)
William Thomas (as Mr. Allen)
Jennifer Jonassen (as Miranda (as Jennifer Johansen))
Dexter McDaniel (as Ted)
Austin Taylor (as Errol)