Catalina Moreno stars "The Heart of the Earth"

Colombian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno, who received an Oscar nomination last year for playing a drug mule in "Maria Full of Grace," will star in the 19th century drama, from Spanish writer/director Antonio Cuadri, "The Heart of the Earth".

The story, is set around the British-owned mines of Andalusia's Rio Tinto in 1888 and depicts the friendship of two women, one Spanish and the other British, against the social upheavals of the time.

The film will shoot for 12 weeks in Spain and Portugal beginning March 31. The cast also includes Sienna Guillory, Hugh Dancy, Bernard Hill and Joaquim de Almeida.