Title | : | Alambrista! |
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Release | : | 1977 |
Rating | : | 7.3 |
Language | : | Spanish, English |
Runtime | : | 110 |
Genre | : | Adventure,Drama |
After his daughter's birth, Roberto leaves his town in Michoacan to make money in the United States. He's "an illegal," crossing into California and taking work wherever he can: picking strawberries, grapes, lettuce, and cucumbers. He hitchhikes, rides freight trains, and depends on the kindness of strangers. Near Stockton, things look up when a sympathetic waitress gives him a place to live, and he gets a better job at a crop-dusting company. But immigration raids are a constant possibility that can end stability. Can Roberto hold onto his equilibrium in this foreign land where hard work is not enough? —
Robert M. Young