Piedras verdes (2001)

Music-video director Ángel Flores Torres tries his hand at a feature-length outing with the mystical Mexican road tripper Piedras Verdes (2001). Vanessa Bauche stars as Mariana, an orphaned young woman who was raised by an emotionally uninvolved socialite and her newly deceased husband. Scammed out of a portion of the family estate, Mariana flees with a handsome drug dealer (Juan Claudio Retes) before he meets a sudden and unexpected end. With no one to turn to, the heroine eventually finds herself in the company of a spiritual guru (Osvaldo Benavides) who attempts to guide her to a place of higher understanding. For those who prefer to stay squarely on the ground, however, bear in mind that there are some alluringly earthy scenes of Bauche indulging in a bit of debauchery.