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Aquí y Allá (2012)

Aquí y Allá poster
Original title
Aquí y allá
Directed by
Antonio Méndez Esparza
Genre
drama film
Country
Mexico, United States, Spain
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Mexican immigrant returns to his small village after working in the US. He tries to reconnect with his family and form a band.

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What happens

Aquí y allá (English: Here and There) is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza. The film follows a Mexican immigrant who returns to his home in a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico after years of working in the US. He struggles to rebuild his family and pursue his dream of starting a band called the Copa Kings. The film won the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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