Family entertainment in a most traditional sense, and a film sympathetic to the plight of Mexican immigrants, A MILLION TO JUAN is the kind of movie they don't make anymore. Paul Rodriguez directed and stars in this fable about a poor man who learns that the true measure of his worth isn't
the size of his bank account.
Rodriguez plays Juan Lopez, an illegal immigrant and widower living in East LA. All Juan wants is the opportunity to work and provide his son, Alejandro (Jonathan Hernandez), with a better life. Pretty Olivia (Polly Draper) from INS is trying to get Juan a green card, but things don't look
promising. One day, when Juan is out on the street sellin...
Released:
1994
Rated:
PG
Length:
97 mins