"Secuestro Express"
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Q&A immediately after screening with actress Mia Maestro, Ruben Blades & director Jonathan Jakubowicz

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"Secuestro Express"
RUBEN BLADES just added to Q&A


Q&A immediately after screening with actress Mia Maestro, Ruben Blades & director Jonathan Jakubowicz

Monday, August 1, 2005

Begins at 7:00 PM PDT

Monday, August 01, 2005



...Every sixty minutes a person is abducted in Latin America. 70% of the victims do not survive....

"Secuestro Express" is the frightening story of one young couple\'s ordeal as they careen through the underbelly of Caracas, Venezuela in the hands of three thugs who\'ve made them their latest payday.

Carla (Maestro) and Martin (Leroux) are a young upper-class couple fresh off of a night of dancing and partying when they cross paths with Trece (Molina), Budu (Perez) and Niga (Madera), three men who make their living by kidnapping unwitting young adults to extort quick money from their wealthy parents.

Carla and Martin become their next victims and are sent on a terrifying overnight journey through Caracas as they wait for Carla\'s father Sergio (Blades) to hand over twenty thousand dollas - a small amount for a rich Caraqueno, but the equivalent of almost 5 years of the Venezuelan minimum wage.

MIA MAESTRO (Carla)

Argentine actress Mia Maestro has accrued a selection of impressive film credits since she made her screen debut in Carlos Saura\'s TANGO, which received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.

Mia completed work alongside Peter Coyote on the independent feature DEEPWATER for director David Marfield. Her film credits to date include Miramax\'s FRIDA directed by Julie Taymor where she starred with Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush and Edward Norton. Mike Figgis\' digital films TIMECODE, starring Stellan Skarsgaard, Holly Hunter, Saffron Burrows, and HOTEL featuring Lucy Liu, Chiara Mastroianni and Danny Huston, as well as HBO\'s FOR LOVE OR COUNTRY: THE ARTURO SANDOVAL STORY where she starred opposite Andy Garcia.

Most recently, Mia signed on to join ABC\'s critically acclaimed series ALIAS as Sydney Bristow\'s (Jennifer Garner) half sister. She will be seen in the last three episodes of season three and continue next season as a series regular.

Mia\'s Latin American projects include two films that will appear in competition at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, LA NI