These pellets contain heroin. Each weighs 10 grams. Each is 4.2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. And they're on their way to New York in the stomach of a 17-year-old girl. Maria, a beautiful 17 year old desperate to escape her existence as a manual worker in rural Colombia, her unambitious boyfriend and the stifling poverty. Having quit her job and discovered she is pregnant, Maria plans to move to Bogota to become a maid, but she is swayed by a man she meets at a party to come and meet his boss, a drug lord who offers her big money in return for a trip to New York City as a courier. Based on 1,000 true stories. Catalina Sandino Merano nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress. Maria Full of Grace, a Sundance and Berlin Film Festival Award Winner.