La misma luna [videorecording] = Under the same moon / Creando Films ; Fidecine ; Potomac Pictures ; Weinstein Company ; produced by Gerardo Barrera, Patricia Riggen ; written by Ligiah Villalobos ; directed by Patricia Riggen.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008]
Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s): Mothers and sons Drama.
Illegal aliens United States Drama.
Unskilled labor United States Drama.
Hope Drama.
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Clase obrera Estados Unidos Teatro. bidex
Mother-son relationship Drama.
Illegal aliens United States Drama.
Unskilled labor United States Drama.
Hope Drama.
Feature films.
Melodrama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Credits: Director of photography, Checco Varese ; editor, Aleshka Ferrero ; music, Carlo Siliotto ; production designers, Gloria Carrasco, Carmen GimeĢnez Cacho.
Performers: Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Adrian Alonso, America Ferrera.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; for some mature thematic elements.
Notes: Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: "The making of La misma luna" featurette; "La misma luna: mural documentary" featurette; trailers.
Summary: Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. In Mexico, her mother cares for Carlitos. Unexpected circumstances drive both Rosario and Carlitos to embark on their own journeys in a desperate attempt to reunite. Along the way, mother and son face challenges and obstacles but never lose hope that they will one day be together again.
