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2009 | Color | 1 h 55

Cruz Montoya is a rock star on the West Coast poetry circuit, where audiences from San Diego to Seattle gather to hear him perform. Just off the road from such a tour, he gets an unexpected phone call alerting him that his father, Senior, is fatally ill, so he rushes home to his dying father. Once home, Cruz retreats to his old life and loses his poetic voice, his identity, and almost his life, before he finds a way to heal his relationships with his family, his community, and himself. 


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Nunez; Victor
Script: Ray Sandova; Joe, T Conway; William
Production: T Conway; William, Koch; Karen
Photography: Mirano; Virgil
Sound: Theriot; Billy
Music: Broo; Michael
Cast:Blades; Rubén, Sandoval; Miguel, White; Persia, Elías; Antonio, Gabriela Curnen; Monique, Nall; Rashaan, Burks; Jernard, Becker; Kuno, Compte; Maurice
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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