- Emilio
Release Date: 20th March 2009
Director: Kim Jorgensen
Cast: Walter Perez, Danny Martinez, Alejandro Patino, Wendell Wright, Ryan McTavish
Synopsis: Emilio is the soulful tale of a young man (19 years) who leaves his
village in Mexico looking for his kidnapped sister. His journey leads
him to Los Angeles, where we see the city through the eyes of a
penniless illegal immigrant on a desperate quest. The City of Angels
itself becomes in a sense the second character of this movie as
Emilio’s needle-in-a-haystack search takes him through the gritty
contasts of Skid Row, East L.A., Echo Park, Watts, Torrance, Venice
Beach, Beverly Hills, and the West Hollywood hills. The panorama of
characters he encounters include Mexican day laborers, drug dealers,
transients, skateboarders, disco queens, actors, and upwardly mobile
socialites constituting at once a searing social criticism and
celebration of a city. As it moves towards its inexorable conclusion,
this coming of age story comes into its own above all as an heroic
portrait of determination.
Official Site: http://emiliothemovie.com/
