Winner of the 2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize under its original title, PADRE NUESTRO, New York City-based filmmaker Christopher Zalla's debut feature is an intriguing, if flawed mystery set in the shadowy subterranean world of undocumented Mexican immigrants.
Running from an armed gang through the streets of some Mexican city, young Juan (FAST FOOD NATION's Armando Hernandez) ducks into a doorway and onto a tractor trailer filled with men, women and children who are about to be secreted across the border into the United States. Among them is Pedro (Jorge Adrian Espindola), an illiterate, good-natured 17-year-old from the southern city of Puebla who hopes to...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
111 mins