I realized that the elite - and I'm from that class - don't have any idea about how most of the people in Venezuela live. This taught me a lot about my own city.

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This movie came as a reaction to reality. I realized that I do not know that 80% of the population that lives poor in my city. I wanted to make a social experiment putting in the same car several people from different social classes, just to see what would happen.

186

Bob Weinstein (formerly of Miramax) saw it during the Los Angeles International Film Festival on a Saturday, and by Monday he had already bought the distribution rights.

173

Secuestro Express' has developed not only as a crime to obtain money but also as a way of social revenge.

119

It changed my life, ... I was 45 minutes on the edge of dying. You start to value every single moment and see reality as a blessing.

107

Either we communicate with each other or we destroy each other. If we do not help that 80% of the population in poverty, nobody will live a human life.

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