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Mexico selects 'Backyard' as Oscar contender


September 23, 2009 Mexico has selected Carlos Carrera's crime thriller "Backyard" as its foreign-language Oscar contender for the 82nd Academy Awards. "Backyard" centers on a young detective (Ana de la Reguera) determined to solve a series of murders committed against women in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez. Pla's first feature, "The Zone," has won numerous awards on the festival circuit, including the International Critics' Prize at the Toronto film fest in 2007.

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