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2007 | Color | 98 min

A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father ?only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the father?s fortune


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Zalla; Christopher
Script: Zall; Christopher
Production: Odell; Benjamin, Melit; Per
Photography: Martinovi; Igor
Sound: Borne; Steve
Music: Cullman; Brian, Patscha; Glenn
Cast:Méndez; Paola, Hernández; Armando, Espíndola; Jorge Adrián, Ochoa; Jesús, Derbez; Eugenio
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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Radical

Radical

The students at José Urbina López Elementary School in Matamoros, Mexico, have been ranked the worst in the country. What will become of them? Their world is violent and challenging, and their classrooms are governed by suffocating rules that leave them no room for other possibilities. It’s the perfect place for their new teacher to do things differently. There’s just one problem: he has no idea what he’s doing.

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