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Mark Becker
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: Kino
: Documentary, Independent, Political & Social Issues
: 80 min.
: English, Spanish
: English
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A Mexican troubadour struggling to make a living in San Francisco's mission district travels back across the border to visit his dying mother in filmmaker Mark Becker's unflinching portrait of illegal immigrant Carmelo Sánchez. By day Sánchez washes cars, and by night he moves from restaurant to restaurant playing romantic ballads for tips. But Sánchez isn't alone in America, his best friend Arturo is always by his side. When Sanchez's mother falls ill and he returns to Mexico to be by her side, Arturo follows along as viewers are offered a deeply personal look at the life of a kindhearted and hardworking man who is simply doing his best to provide for his impoverished family. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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| Sing for Your Supper
by talltale
April 3, 2007 - 5:17 PM PDT
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| The no-frills documentary ROMANTICO makes up via its humanity anything that it may lack in glossiness. Mark Becker planned to make a film about the immigrant street musicians he'd encountered in San Francisco, but his movie ends up concentrating on one man--and his friends and family. Wise choice, as Carmelo proves a fine subject and singer--with a story to tell that very likely will act (for lack of much else available) as the representation of the immigrant experience of Mexicans in America. It certainly fills in lots of blanks in our understanding of what happens here--and back home in Mexico. Watch the DVD extras if you want to fully appreciate this documentary. There's an update and a Q&A that took place at the IFC Center in NYC. As Becker explains how his film came to fruition, your appreciation of it is likely to increase exponentially. |
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