Dad Wanted (2020)

Original title

Se busca papá

Directed by

Javier Colinas, Valeria Zunzun

Genre

comedy film, family film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

16

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 168 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy lies about his father being an astronaut to avoid embarrassment at school. His family then hires an actor to play the father, leading to comedic and heartfelt situations.

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What happens

Dad Wanted (Spanish: Se busca papá) is a 2020 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Javier Colinas, written by Victor Avelar, Javier Colinas, Paulette Hernandez and Fernando Barreda Luna and starring Juan Pablo Medina, Ela Velden and Silvia Navarro. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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