Under the Same Moon (2007)
I saw this one advertised as a trailer for another dvd I was watching, and even though it seemed a simple story, it was appealing. Carlitos is nine years old and lives in Mexico with his grandmother, while his illegal immagrant mother works in Los Angeles, trying to save her money so she can get a lawyer to get legal.
When his grandmother dies, Carlitos decides to go and find his mother, and so the road trip begins. In Spanish, with subtitles, I liked the gentle telling of this story which really was about love. Love that isn't cheesy and pretensious. 3/5
And please TVNZ/CH 3 please stop the hate crimes that is your movie choices and show us some real movies, not a neverending rotation of Bruce Willis, Indiana Jones and god forbid - Adam Sandler. Not all your audience is 12 year old boys.
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