Rafaela

Rafaela

Rafaela

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Rafaela

2021

1h 33m

6.0(3 votes)

Action

Crime

Thriller

Overview

Young girl from the Dominican slums, parents drug addicts; she dreams about living somewhere else. She becomes the leader of a criminal gang; bullied for being a woman they consider transgender; Mario, a drug dealer, tries to force her to work for him. When he wins her confidence, leaves her pregnant and steals her loot, things change very quickly for Rafaela. Betrayed, she'll do whatever it takes to get revenge, avoid the police and get away before her baby is born.

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5 members

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Judith Rodriguez Perez

Rafaela

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Manuel Raposo

Mario El Mago

Manuel Raposo

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Esmailyn Morel

Carlo

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Luinis Olaverria

El Súper

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Gerardo Mercedes

Joselo

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