Abbie Cornish plays Ashley, a young single mom struggling with the loss of her child to Social Services, unwilling to accept the consequences of her actions and trapped in the quicksand of her south Texas life. Also starring Will Patton, and introducing Maritza Santiago Hernandez as the Mexican girl.When Ashley's path collides with Rosa (Maritza Santiago Hernandez), a strong-minded girl who has lost her mother while crossing the Rio Grande, she unwittingly begins a journey that will change her life forever.
Starting in a big box store in Texas and ending in a small village in southern Mexico, The Girl turns the immigrant story upside down, questioning the myth of the American Dream and asks that we consider the possibility of a better life -- south of the border.
THE GIRL is produced by Paul Mezey, the producer of Oscar-nominated films Maria Full of Grace and Beasts of the Southern Wild.
