Lead Karen Martínez is impressive as a young woman searching for her sister among drug gangs in Guatemala in Justin Lerner’s suspenseful movie
Two sisters go out clubbing. In the loos, they drunkenly argue, and one of them storms out. When she wakes up the next morning, her sister’s bed is unslept in. So begins this slow-burn movie from Guatemala that’s not so much an out-and-out suspense thriller as a character study powered by an outstanding lead performance by Karen Martínez. She plays sensible, level-headed Sarita, whose party girl sister Bea (Pamela Martínez) vanishes. Sarita suspects Bea’s disappearance has something to do with the guy she’s been secretly dating. He’s mixed up in a drug gang.
When Sarita reports her sister missing at the local police station, the officer on the front desk barely looks up. Go home and pray, he tells her. Instead,...
Two sisters go out clubbing. In the loos, they drunkenly argue, and one of them storms out. When she wakes up the next morning, her sister’s bed is unslept in. So begins this slow-burn movie from Guatemala that’s not so much an out-and-out suspense thriller as a character study powered by an outstanding lead performance by Karen Martínez. She plays sensible, level-headed Sarita, whose party girl sister Bea (Pamela Martínez) vanishes. Sarita suspects Bea’s disappearance has something to do with the guy she’s been secretly dating. He’s mixed up in a drug gang.
When Sarita reports her sister missing at the local police station, the officer on the front desk barely looks up. Go home and pray, he tells her. Instead,...
- 8/19/2024
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
David J. Phillip/AP It’s a boy for Colombian singer Juanes and his wife Karen Martínez! The proud father took to Twitter to announce the birth of his third child — whom the couple have named Dante — on Saturday, September 12th.
Early Saturday morning Juanes tweeted that Karen was in labor and that the countdown to baby boy’s delivery was on. “Lets get the game started, says the nurse!! Karen and I looked at each other and laughed,” he wrote. Updating his fans that contractions were still going strong two hours later, Juanes went on to share,
“Happinesshappinesshappiness Dante was born, healthy and beautiful! God, thank you for this blessing!”
Dante joins big sisters Luna, 6, and Paloma, 4. The couple confirmed the pregnancy in February, later revealing that baby-on-the-way was a boy.
Source: Twitter
– Anya
Posted in Births, Dads, Main...
Early Saturday morning Juanes tweeted that Karen was in labor and that the countdown to baby boy’s delivery was on. “Lets get the game started, says the nurse!! Karen and I looked at each other and laughed,” he wrote. Updating his fans that contractions were still going strong two hours later, Juanes went on to share,
“Happinesshappinesshappiness Dante was born, healthy and beautiful! God, thank you for this blessing!”
Dante joins big sisters Luna, 6, and Paloma, 4. The couple confirmed the pregnancy in February, later revealing that baby-on-the-way was a boy.
Source: Twitter
– Anya
Posted in Births, Dads, Main...
- 9/16/2009
- by Anya
- People - CelebrityBabies
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