Completed - ENGLISH - Social issues, Second film, Drama - 114 minutes
Stressed by the mounting pressures of raising two children and fighting to get by on minimum wage, single mother Regina longs to find more to her life than constant work, while attempting to instill in14-year-old Andrew the values that she hopes will prevent him from winding up in prison
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Antonio MENDEZ ESPARZA Writer(s) : Antonio mendez ESPARZA Cast : Regina WILLIAMS, Andrew BLEECHINGTON, Robert WILLIAMS Producer(s) : Pedro HERNÁNDEZ (AQUI Y ALLI FILMS)
In his remarkable second feature, Spanish-born filmmakerAntonio Méndez Esparza follows up his debut drama Aquí y Allá: Here and There with another sensitive portrait of working-class people struggling in the margins of society. Stressed by the mounting pressures of raising two children and fighting to get by on minimum wage, single mother Regina (Regina Williams) longs to find more to her life than constant work, while attempting to instill in 14-year-old Andrew (Andrew Bleechington) the values that she hopes will prevent him from winding up in prison like his father. Andrew yearns, too, for his absent father and a sense of purpose, driving him towards a dangerous crossroads that threatens to upend the tenuous balance Regina tirelessly endeavors to maintain. Méndez Esparza employs documentary-style realism in this emotive snapshot of race, class and the bonds of family in contemporary America.
Country(ies) : USA
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Mill Valley 2017San Sebastian 2017 (FIPRESCI Prize, SIGNIS Award)Film Independent 2018 (John Cassavetes Award)Feroz 2018 (Special Award)Film Comments Selects 2018 (Opening Night)Moscow IFF 2018Sarasota Film Festival 2018