UNDER THE SAME MOON (LA MISMA LUNA)
The Story:
Rosario (Kate del Castillo) is a young mother who comes to America for a better job. She sends money back to Mexico for her mother Benita (Angelina Pelaez), who is dying of cancer, and her son, Carlitos (Adrian Alonso). Carlitos misses his mother deeply and sometimes believes that she has forgotten him.
When Carlitos awakens one morning to discover that Benita has died in her sleep, he is determined to join his mother. So he pays American siblings Martha (America Ferrera) and David (Jesse Garcia) to smuggle him across the border under the back seat of their car. They make it across, but the plan misfires, leaving Carlitos alone, broke and still far from his mother.After a narrow escape from a drug addict intent on selling him into prostitution, Carlitos finds shelter in an informal hostel for Mexican workers. There he meets Enrique (Eugenio Derbez), a tough, go-it-alone farm laborer with whom he forms an unlikely friendship.
Starring:
Adrián Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas, María Rojo, Angelina Peláez, Mario Almada, Gabriel Porras, America Ferrera & Jesse Garcia
Directed By:
Patricia Riggen
Release:
2008
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