Under the Same Moon
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| Directed by | Patricia Riggen |
| Produced by | Ligiah Villalobos Gerardo Barrera |
| Written by | Ligiah Villalobos |
| Starring |
Adrián Alonso Kate del Castillo Eugenio Derbez America Ferrera Jesse Garcia |
| Music by | Carlo Sillioto Los Tigres del Norte Song "Que Puedo Hacer" Author and composer: Rodolfo Garavagno Performer Pepito Pérez y Los Playeros |
| Cinematography | Checco Varese |
| Edited by | Aleshka Ferrero |
| Distributed by |
Fox Searchlight Pictures The Weinstein Company |
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104 minutes |
| Country | Mexico United States |
| Language | Spanish English |
| Budget | $1.7 million |
| Box office | $23,311,391 |
Under the Same Moon (Spanish: La misma luna) is a 2007 Mexican-American drama film in Spanish and English directed by Patricia Riggen and starring Adrián 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 leaves behind her nine-year-old son, Carlitos (Adrián 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 (who is still in Mexico) every Sunday at 10 A.M. from a payphone. Carlitos lives in a small Mexican village with his ill grandmother and his repressive aunt and uncle, who try to take custody of him in order to get the money that Rosario sends to him. One day, while working for a woman named Carmen (Carmen Salinas), Carlitos encounters two American 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, so he 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 since they had parking violations and expired tags they didn't pay for. Afterward, Carlitos continues the journey, eventually staying with other illegal immigrants while they pick tomatoes. However, immigration police raid the building and arrest most of the workers, but Carlitos and another worker named Enrique (Eugenio Derbez), who does not like Carlitos, escape.
While traveling, Carlitos and Enrique arrive at a restaurant managed by a Native American man and his wife. Carlitos manages to gain employment for both Enrique and himself. At the restaurant, Carlitos looks up his absent father, Oscar Aguilar Pons (Ernesto D'Alessio), who he learned about from his aunt and uncle despite his grandmother's wishes, in a phone book, and they meet at a wholesale store and have lunch there. Oscar agrees to take Carlitos to Los Angeles where Rosario is, but later changes his mind, angering Carlitos.
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