The Girl (2012 independent film)

The Girl
The Girl
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Riker
Written by	David Riker
Produced by	Paul Mezey
Starring	Abbie Cornish; Will Patton
Cinematography	Martín Boege
Edited by	Malcolm Jamieson; Stephanie Ahn;
Music by	Leonardo Heiblum; Jacobo Lieberman;
Production; companies	Journeyman Pictures; Axiom Films; Goldcrest Pictures; Bonita Films; Lulu Producciones; Sin Sentido Films;
Distributed by	Film Collective; Brainstorm Media; Front Row Filmed Entertainment;
Release dates	April 20, 2012 (Tribeca Film Festival); December 14, 2012 (United States);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	United States, Mexico
Languages	English, Spanish
Box office	$35,048

The Girl is an

Tribeca Film Festival. It opened in select theaters for a one-week awards-qualifying period on December 14, 2012, and had a limited theatrical release in March 2013.^[2]

Synopsis

Cornish plays a single mother who helps illegal immigrants to cross the border from Mexico into Texas. A young Mexican girl named Rosa comes into her care.^[3]

Cast

Abbie Cornish as "Ashley"
Will Patton as "Tommy".
Maritza Santiago Hernandez as "Rosa".
Giovanna Zacarías as "Enriqueta".
Ángeles Cruz as "Rosa's Mother".
Raúl Castillo as "Border Agent".
Luis Fernando Peña as "Beto".
Isabel Cruz Daza as "Edith".
Ivonne Cruz Daza as "Cecilia".
Liliana Alberto as "Ofelia".
Isabel Sánchez Lara as "Rosa's Grandmother".

Reception

The Girl has received generally mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 53% of 17 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.2/10. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score from 1–100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film a score of 53 based on 11 reviews indicating "mixed or average reviews".