A cast mostly made up of popular Spanish-language television stars put human faces on the increasingly dehumanizing debate on immigration in Patricia Riggin's deftly directed, tear-jerking feature debut.
For the past four years, 9-year-old Carlitos Reyes (Adrian Alonso) has been living with his elderly grandmother, Benita (Angelia Pelaez), in their small Mexican hometown in hopes that his mother, Rosario (Kate del Castillo), will either return from L.A., where she's working two jobs as an undocumented domestic in a wealthy gated community, or even better, arranges for him to join her in the U.S. In the meantime, Carlitos does odd jobs for Dona Carmen (telen...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
109 mins