Romantico
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- Synopsis
- 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....
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- Director(s)
- Mark Becker
- Distributor(s)
- Films Transit International
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 80 min.
Critic Reviews
Los Angeles Times | Sam AdamsAdd Critic to Favorites
Pain, poetry and perseverance form the backbone of Mark Becker's compassionate, well-observed documentary.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites
A modest documentary, small in scope and ambition, but it achieves one of the higher callings of art in that it forces viewers to look at a something in a newer, deeper and more humane way.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites
The musician is candid about his own demons and gives the filmmakers access to his wife, two very different daughters, and, for a nicely done montage, his family photographs.Read the full review
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