Miss Bala

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Miss Bala

2011

1h 53m

6.7(183 votes)

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Overview

The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.

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Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes

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Cast & Crew

13 members

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Stephanie Sigman

Laura Guerrero

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Noé Hernández

Lino Valdez

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Irene Azuela

Jessica Berlanga

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Jose Yenque

Kike Camara

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James Russo

Jimmy

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Miguel Couturier

General Salomón Duarte

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Gabriel Heads

Agent Bell

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Juan Carlos Galván

Arturo Guerrero

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Javier Zaragoza

Ramon Guerrero

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Lakshmi Picazo

Azucena 'Suzu' Ramos

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Leonor Victorica

Luisa Janes

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Hugo Márquez

Javi Fernández

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Eduardo Mendizabal

Quiño

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