Selected as Mexico’s candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar after a wave of festival buzz, Gerardo Naranjo’s “Miss Bala” is a dazzling drug-cartel thriller, revolving around the unlikely political center of the Miss Baja California beauty pageant.
Review: 'Miss Bala' opens fire
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:46 pm · October 20th, 2011
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Mexico's terrific 'Miss Bala' leads latest crop of foreign Oscar entries
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:19 am · September 23rd, 2011
Following an acclaimed festival run that began at Cannes, Fox’s razor-sharp drug-trade thriller “Miss Bala” is named Mexico’s Oscar entry. Israel opts for another Cannes title, the award-winning “Footnote,” while “The Forgiveness of Blood,” American director Joshua Marston’s follow-up to “Maria Full of Grace,” competes for Albania.
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