He may've just won Hollywood's attention by snagging the coveted trophy for best actor in a television series, comedy or musical, but Gael García Bernal has long been an indie darling. Though it's his first Golden Globe win, it definitely wasn't the actor's first impressive performance. Wondering where you've seen Mozart in the Jungle's intense New York Symphony maestro before? Here's a primer on the Mexican heartthrob making headlines this awards season. 1. He revved our engines in The Motorcycle Diaries.Bernal made a lasting impression in the 2004 biopic The Motorcycle Diaries, where he played the young Che Guevara on...
- 1/11/2016
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Last weekend’s celebration of all things cultural in Mexico was a big success (2014 has now been announced) and the film programming presented a number of diverse and interesting offerings from the country.
The following are a handful of the screenings which we were lucky to be invited to.
Opening night film – The Girl
Debuting at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Us filmmaker David Riker’s look at the hazardous world of immigration proved to be a strong choice to open with. In the film, Abbie Cornish (convincingly) plays a white-trash single mother called Ashley. She lives an aimless life close to the Mexican border in San Antonio and is battling to regain custody of her young son after a DUI charge. Discovering her estranged father (Will Patton – grizzled as hell) is using his haulage wagon for other money-making purposes, she foolishly arranges for a group of Mexicans to be smuggled across the border.
The following are a handful of the screenings which we were lucky to be invited to.
Opening night film – The Girl
Debuting at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Us filmmaker David Riker’s look at the hazardous world of immigration proved to be a strong choice to open with. In the film, Abbie Cornish (convincingly) plays a white-trash single mother called Ashley. She lives an aimless life close to the Mexican border in San Antonio and is battling to regain custody of her young son after a DUI charge. Discovering her estranged father (Will Patton – grizzled as hell) is using his haulage wagon for other money-making purposes, she foolishly arranges for a group of Mexicans to be smuggled across the border.
- 7/18/2013
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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