| SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival
(under its previous title: Padre Nuestro), SANGRE DE MI SANGRE
is a suspenseful drama about stolen identity, family relationships
and the ambiguous nature of morality. At the heart of the
film lies the visceral labyrinth of deceptions and frustrated
hopes that is New York City - a place where most people are
outsiders and family becomes defined by relationships not
based on blood, but on shared experience and the need for
connection.
JUAN and PEDRO meet in the back of a tractor-trailer filled
with undocumented Mexican immigrants headed for New York City.
Pedro shows Juan a sealed letter that his mother, now dead,
has given him - an introduction to the father he never knew.
He brags to his new friend that his father, DIEGO - who left
Mexico for New York many years before - has become a wealthy
restaurant owner and will surely rejoice at the arrival of
the son he had always wanted. Juan doubts Pedro's confidence
and challenges his expectations. Juan's father left him when
he was four with two things: a switchblade and the scar it
made on his chest.
When the truck lands in Brooklyn, Pedro wakes to find himself
alone and his belongings, including the letter with his father's
address, stolen. He is cast onto the street and - unable to
speak the language - lost in an unknown city. Juan, meanwhile,
shows up at Diego's door with the letter - claiming to be
the old man's long lost son, Pedro.
Diego, who is not a wealthy restaurant owner, but a miserly
dishwasher who squirrels away every dollar he makes, immediately
rejects him. Juan persists, contriving to win his "father's"
favor by maintaining the image of the hardworking, devoted
son. Yet rather than working during the day for money, as
he claims he is doing, Juan prowls about Diego's apartment,
searching for the hidden stash.
In the meantime, Pedro meets MAGDA, a Spanish-speaking street-urchin
who offers to help but repeatedly exploits his desire to find
his father. Pedro must choose whether to abide by his principles
or heed Magda's ruthless logic of the street and "look
out for number one." With every day that Pedro gets closer
to finding Diego, Juan gets closer to finding the money. Yet
along the way, both boys find something they weren't looking
for ... They find something they need ...
DETAILS__________
Studio:
IFC Films
Production Co:
Panamax Films
In Association With
Two Lane Pictures
Cinergy Pictures
True True Pictures
Benjamin Odell Prod.
Release Date:
May 16, 2008 (NY)
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/padrenuestrofilm
Production Site
www.padrenuestrofilm.info
Misc Info
festival.sundance.org
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