Showing posts with label immigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigration. Show all posts
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The Tunnel (Der Tunnel) - 2001
In this acclaimed drama inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior (Heino Ferch) defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister (Alexandra Maria Lara) and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel. With the help of an engineer (Sebastian Koch), Melchior leads the risky plan, under constant threat of being discovered by the authorities.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Under The Same Moon - 2007
La misma luna (aka Under the Same Moon) is a 2007 Mexican-American drama film in Spanish and English directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, and Eugenio Derbez.
The film tells the story of Rosario (Kate del Castillo), a mother who illegally immigrates to the United States, and her nine-year-old son, Carlitos (Adrian Alonso). Rosario and Carlitos have not seen each other in four years, since Carlitos was five. Rosario, now living in Los Angeles, California, calls her son, (still in Mexico), every Sunday. Carlitos lives in a small Mexican village with his sick grandmother and his oppressive aunt and uncle, who keep him in order to get the money that Rosario sends. One day, Carlitos encounters two immigrant transporters (coyotes), Martha (America Ferrera) and David (Jesse Garcia), who offer to smuggle small children across the border.
When his grandmother passes away, Carlitos decides that he cannot live with his aunt and uncle and finds the two coyotes. Though he successfully crosses the border without being caught, the car that he hides in is towed away and he is separated from the two coyotes. After getting separated, Carlitos continues the journey, eventually helping other illegal immigrants pick tomatoes. However, immigration police raid the building, and almost all of the workers are caught or escape, leaving only Carlitos and another worker named Enrique (Eugenio Derbez). Enrique initially refuses to help Carlitos, but he soon grows a bond with him. Enrique and Carlitos travel the city trying to locate the phone booth that Rosario calls Carlitos from, but are unsuccessful.
The film tells the story of Rosario (Kate del Castillo), a mother who illegally immigrates to the United States, and her nine-year-old son, Carlitos (Adrian Alonso). Rosario and Carlitos have not seen each other in four years, since Carlitos was five. Rosario, now living in Los Angeles, California, calls her son, (still in Mexico), every Sunday. Carlitos lives in a small Mexican village with his sick grandmother and his oppressive aunt and uncle, who keep him in order to get the money that Rosario sends. One day, Carlitos encounters two immigrant transporters (coyotes), Martha (America Ferrera) and David (Jesse Garcia), who offer to smuggle small children across the border.
When his grandmother passes away, Carlitos decides that he cannot live with his aunt and uncle and finds the two coyotes. Though he successfully crosses the border without being caught, the car that he hides in is towed away and he is separated from the two coyotes. After getting separated, Carlitos continues the journey, eventually helping other illegal immigrants pick tomatoes. However, immigration police raid the building, and almost all of the workers are caught or escape, leaving only Carlitos and another worker named Enrique (Eugenio Derbez). Enrique initially refuses to help Carlitos, but he soon grows a bond with him. Enrique and Carlitos travel the city trying to locate the phone booth that Rosario calls Carlitos from, but are unsuccessful.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Welcome - 2009
The title of this film is misleading because the last thing Bilal feels in welcome as he travels miles to find and reunite with the girl he loves. The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais is captured with authenticity, from the point of view of people who arrived there knowing nothing about France.
When authorities forbid young Kurdish refugee Bilal (Firat Ayverdi) from crossing the English Channel to reunite with his girlfriend in England, the 17-year-old resolves to swim to his love -- and finds an unlikely ally in the form of swim instructor Simon (Vincent Lindon). Facing an inevitable divorce from his wife (Audrey Dana), the middle-aged teacher takes the resolute youth under his wing in this stirring, beautifully acted French drama.
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