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Mood:
- EmotionalTouchingSentimentalSincere
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Plot:
- ImmigrantsSingle ParentParents and ChildrenFamily ProblemsFamily RelationsFriendsPower RelationsMaster and Servant more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- CaliforniaLos AngelesMexico
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Under the Same Moon, 2007
English, Spanish
Mexico, USA
Profile of Under the Same Moon
The mood of Under the Same Moon is emotional, touching, and sentimental. The plot centers around immigrants, a single parent, and power relations. It is a drama movie. In approach, Under the Same Moon is serious and realistic. The setting is Mexico and Los Angeles. It happens in contemporary times.
Summary of Under the Same Moon
Director Patricia Riggen delivers a heartwarming debut with UNDER THE SAME MOON. The story of the enduring bond between mother and son, the film stars Kate del Castillo as Rosario, a mother struggling to support her family in Mexico while living illegally in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, her son, Carlitos (Adrian Alonso), is left under the care of his grandmother. But when she dies, nine-year-old Carlitos embarks on a colorful and arduous journey across the border in search of his mother. The script has Carlitos narrowly escaping kidnapping, drug addicts, and Border Patrol workers, aided by the unlikely friendships he forges along the way. As we watch Rosario grapple with life as an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, Carlitos's optimism and strength of spirit gain him a migrant worker (Eugenio Derbez) as a traveling companion.
Riggen keeps a potentially depressing topic surprisingly light by including frequent musical interludes, and cinematographer Checco Varese takes care to create a visual journey that's stunning throughout. America Ferrera (UGLY BETTY, REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES) appears in a small role, but it is 13-year-old Alonso who steals the show as the brave, funny, and precocious Carlitos. Apart from the subtitles, the film offers family viewing for parents and children alike. While it touches on timely and pressing issues concerning immigration and discrimination, the film, which won a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival, works on a simpler level as well by focusing primarily on the sweet relationship between a mother and her son.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | Mexico, USA |
| Release date: | October 2007 |
| Runtime: | 106 min |
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