Backyard (film)

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2009 Mexican film

Backyard

Film poster

Spanish| El traspatio
Directed by| Carlos Carrera
Written by| Sabina Berman
Starring| Ana de la Reguera
Marco Pérez
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures[1]

Release date

* 20 February 2009 (2009-02-20)

Running time

| 122 minutes
Country| Mexico
Language| Spanish

Backyard (Spanish: El traspatio) is a 2009 Mexican crime film directed by Carlos Carrera.[2] The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

## Plot

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Officer Blanca Bravo (Ana de la Reguera) arrives in Juarez, Mexico to investigate a sequence of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos (Jimmy Smits), a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.[3]

## Cast

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* Ana de la Reguera as Blanca
* Marco Pérez as Fierro
* Asur Zagada as Juana Sanchez
* Ivan Cortes as Cutberto
* Joaquín Cosío as Peralta
* Alejandro Calva as Comandante
* Jimmy Smits as Mickey Santos
* Carolina Politi as Sara
* Amorita Rasgado as Márgara
* Enoc Leaño as Gobernador
* Adriana Paz as Hilda
* Lisa Owen as Silvia
* Sayed Badreya as El Sultán
* Juan Carlos Barreto as Alvarez

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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1. ^ "Paramount creates Worldwide Group". Variety. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
2. ^ Leydon, Joe (2009-09-24). "Backyard". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
3. ^ Backyard, retrieved 2021-11-30

## External links

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* Backyard at IMDb
* Backyard at Rotten Tomatoes

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Carlos Carrera

Films directed|

| Feature films|

* La mujer de Benjamín (1994)
* La vida conyugal (1993)
* Sin remitente (1995)
* Un embrujo (1998)
* The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)
* Backyard (2009)
* De la infancia (2010)
* Ana y Bruno (2017)

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Short films|

* El héroe (1994)
* De raíz (2004)

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Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1950—1999|

* Bullfighter!! (1957)
* Nazarín (1959)
* Macario (1960)
* The Important Man (1961)
* Tlayucan (1962)
* The Paper Man (1963)
* Always Further On (1965)
* Black Wind (1966)
* The Adolescents (1967)
* The Mole (1971)
* Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1973)
* Calzonzin Inspector (1974)
* Letters from Marusia (1975)
* Length of War (1976)
* Holy Pafnucio (1977)
* The Place Without Limits (1978)
* Mojado Power (1981)
* Eréndira (1983)
* Frida Still Life (1985)
* The Realm of Fortune (1986)
* Life Is Most Important (1987)
* The Last Tunnel (1988)
* Cow's Head (1990)
* Homework (1991)
* Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
* Cronos (1993)
* The Beginning and the End (1994)
* Midaq Alley (1995)
* Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman (1996)
* Deep Crimson (1997)
* A Magic Spell (1998)
* No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)

2000–2023|

* Love's a Bitch (2000)
* Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (2001)
* The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
* Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer (2003)
* Voces inocentes (2004)
* Al otro lado (2005)
* Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
* Silent Light (2007)
* Tear This Heart Out (2008)
* Backyard (2009)
* Biutiful (2010)
* Miss Bala (2011)
* After Lucia (2012)
* Heli (2013)
* Cantinflas (2014)
* 600 Miles (2015)
* Desierto (2016)
* Tempestad (2017)
* Roma (2018)
* The Chambermaid (2019)
* I'm No Longer Here (2020)
* Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
* Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
* Tótem (2023)
* Sujo (2024)

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