Bordertown

2007 · 112 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 11,651 VOTES · DIR. Gregory Nava

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Overview

American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.

Dialogue Timeline — 893 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:11 More murders in Juarez!
00:08:37 - What was the name of your partner? - Diaz.
00:14:33 Lotte Bravo?
00:17:35 My God, what happened here? What are these, bullet holes?
00:20:01 Those bastards are trying to take our papers.
00:23:12 Si. We'll help.
00:25:35 Do you mind if we look around?
00:29:18 She started a group for the woman workers.
00:36:03 It doesn't seem real.
00:38:22 That is totally impossible.
00:41:31 We have no land. We cannot go home.
00:45:00 Come on. Come on!
00:48:15 Excuse me.
00:52:25 Eva? Eva.
00:56:53 They drive the victims out here and then meet the other attacker.
01:00:34 Okay.
01:10:10 Not the governments of Mexico and the United States...
01:13:36 - So, deep down you're just a gringo. - Well, of course.
01:18:09 - Your story is too fuckin' hot. - Do me a favor.
01:21:34 He's not real.
01:24:10 Get off your soapbox. I liked you better as a cutthroat reporter.
01:26:48 My father.
01:34:14 Would you gentlemen please excuse us for a moment?
01:42:41 They're gonna be waiting for you.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed893
Dialogue density8.0 lines / min
First line00:01:11
Final line01:42:41

Production Record

DirectorGregory Nava
LanguageEnglish
Budget$21,000,000
Revenue$8,329,799
IMDb votes11,651