Movie
The Zone
Overview
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-09-01
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Morena Films, FIDECINE, Buenaventura
- Country
- Mexico
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Daniel Giménez Cacho as Daniel
- Daniel Tovar as Alejandro
- Alan Chávez as Miguel
- Carlos Bardem as Gerardo
- Mario Zaragoza as Comandante Rigoberto
- Marina de Tavira as Andrea
- Maribel Verdú as Mariana
- Fernando Becerril as De La Garza
- Andrés Montiel as Diego
- Claudio Obregón as Ricardo
- Blanca Guerra as Lucía
- Mayra Sérbulo as Ernestina
Crew
- Rodrigo Plá - Director
- Laura Santullo - Writer
- Rodrigo Plá - Writer
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