Del otro lado del puente (1980)

Directed by

Gonzalo Martínez Ortega

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Mexican man hears stories of opportunity in the United States and decides to go there. When he arrives he finds a difficult reality, but he remains determined to make a new life.

melancholichopefulpoignantgroundedearnestdramaticbittersweet

What happens

Del otro lado del puente (Spanish: "On the Other Side of the Bridge") is a 1980 Mexican musical drama film directed by Gonzalo Martínez Ortega and starring Juan Gabriel, Valentin Trujillo, Lucha Villa, Julio Alemán, Estela Núñez, Narciso Busquets and Ana Laura Maldonado. The story concerns a Mexican who is attracted by stories of unlimited opportunities in the United States, but once he arrives to the country faces a harsh reality, but is nonetheless determined to succeed. It was one in a wave of Mexican films about the Chicano experience. It was the first in a trilogy of films directed by Martínez Ortega and starring Juan Gabriel, followed by the autobiographical duology El Noa Noa (1981) and Es mi vida (1982). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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