“Reel” Latin America: the 22nd Latin American Film Festival--University of Louisville

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Showtimes and Locations


Thursday, September 24, 7:00 p.m. Floyd Theater
Introduction: Prof. Gregory Hutcheson, Department of Classical and Modern Langua

Monday, September 28. 7:00 p.m. 104W Ekstrom Library
Introduction: Prof. Tracey Heightchew, Commonwealth Center for Humanities and So

Thursday, October 1, 5:00 p.m. Floyd Theater

Title: Mosquita y Mari/Mosquita & Mari
Director(s): Aurora Guerrero
Country: US
Year: 2012
language: English and Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre: Drama
Type: Full length feature film
Length: 85 minutes.
Format: Digital
Rating*: NR 

 

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Presented in special colaboration with Al Día en América.

*Rating System:  Latin American films use a different rating systme. However, we have used the following rating system to evaluafte these films.
V includes violence | L includes strong language | N includes nudity | S includes sex



Storyline

In a fast-paced immigrant community where dreams are often lost to economic survival, two young Chicanas contemplate life when they stir unexpected desires in each other.

Mosquita y Mari is a coming of age story that focuses on a tender friendship between two young Chicanas. Yolanda and Mari are growing up in Huntington Park, Los Angeles and have only known loyalty to one thing: family. Growing up in immigrant households, both girls are expected to prioritize the well-being of their families. Yolanda, an only child, delivers straight A's and the hope of the American Dream while Mari, the eldest, shares economic responsibilities with her undocumented family who scrambles to make ends meet.

When Mari moves in across the street from Yolanda, they maintain their usual life routine, until an incident at school thrusts them into a friendship and into unknown territory. As their friendship grows, a yearning to explore their strange yet beautiful connection surfaces. Lost in their private world of unspoken affection, lingering gazes, and heart-felt confessions of uncertain futures, Yolanda's grades begin to slip while Mari's focus drifts away from her duties at a new job. Mounting pressures at home collide with their new-found connection, forcing them to choose between their obligations to others and staying true to themselves..
From the official site.