The Mexican Dream
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| Directed by | Gustavo Hernández Pérez |
| Produced by | Jan L. Latussek |
| Written by | Gustavo Hernández Pérez |
| Starring | Jesús Chuy Pérez Jeff LeBeau Martin Morales Karla Zamudio |
| Music by | Juan J. Colomer |
| Cinematography | Joerg Schodl |
| Edited by | Halima K. Gilliam |
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AFI La Frontera Films
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| Distributed by | HBO |
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Running time
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28 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English / Spanish |
The Mexican Dream is a tragic comedy film, written and directed by Gustavo Hernández Pérez, inspired by true events. The film stars Jesús Chuy Pérez as Ajileo Barajas, an illegal alien who in many ways represents a modern Don Quixote in pursuit of becoming a movie star.
A fast paced and fresh film that brings together two worlds and slices into one of this century’s biggest social realities; immigration. The film explores the dreams and delusions, the hopes and desperation of an individual who goes to extremes to give his family a better tomorrow by testing the strength, courage, and passion it takes to follow your dreams.
The Mexican dream is a tragic comedy about the longings and delusions of Ajileo Barajas, a naïve, impulsive, but above all else passionate man, who will stop at nothing to live the dream of becoming a movie star, and to give his family a better life.
The problem is, Ajileo lives in Mexico. To make his dream come true he will have to play the biggest role of his life. Loaded with madness and desperation, Ajileo comes up with his own master plan. He dresses up as a woman and decides to cross the border illegally, convinced that if he ever faces the law in the worst case-scenario he will be treated as a lady.
Ajileo journeys through the dangerous desert. An immigrant smuggler: El Coyote; the burning sun; the Border Patrol; and the harsh reality of the big city are just some of the obstacles he will have to tackle to pursue his goal.
Settled down in Hollywood, where everything and nothing is as he dreamed it would be. Ajileo loses his innocence as he discovers that his own odyssey has just begun.
The idea for The Mexican Dream was inspired by thousands of stories of valiant people who have come to the north in search of a better place, and found that their dreams are all they are left with, all that remains. Gustavo Hernández Pérez, writer and director of the film, was moved to tackle this delicate subject after reading some articles that appeared in different independent magazines. He elaborated a story that could embrace and could relate to anyone who has gone or has to go through a similar situation, but could also reach out to the general audience. He managed to do so by infusing the main character with the basic and common threads that unite immigrants around the world, simplifying the complexity of the matter, humanizing the subject and then exploding into an adventure of the magnitude of The Mexican Dream.
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