An unfortunate and naive girl is set up by her boyfriend and convicted of drug smuggling. She is sent to a women’s correctional facility where she must constantly struggle to survive.
Tag: corruption
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The Border
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman’s baby is put up for sale on the black market.
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Scarface
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
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My New Partner
A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him…
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Panchavadi Palam
A henpecked politician wants his name attached to a new bridge, even if that means destroying another, perfectly serviceable bridge.
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El mexicano feo
Semi-employed street musician butts heads with his wife and grown(ish) children because of his irresponsible lifestyle. Then he lucks into a cushy government job.
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Once Upon a Time in America
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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The Natural
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
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F/X
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
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Cop au Vin
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.