2007 · drama
Under the Same Moon
Directed by Patricia Riggen1h 46m2007
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. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.
Our read: Under the Same Moon (2007) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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