Sangre de mi sangre (Blood of My Blood) narrates the story of two young
Mexican illegal immigrants in Nueva York locked in a battle of
survival. Director Christopher Zalla’s debut venture, this Mexican story
of existence, endurance and identity theft in the mean streets of New
York is dark and gritty.
The four main characters, which include two protagonists – Pedro(Jorge
Adrian Espindola) and Juan (Armando Hernandez), the undocumented young
workers who arrive in New York hidden in a truck and two supporting
roles played by Jesús Ochoa and Paola Mendoza pretty much carry the film
on their shoulders. It gives the audience a view of a different
Brooklyn, away from the brown stones, dark, trapped spaces where souls
suffocate and die, where hope is buried behind bricks only to be taken
out when lives are on line. A forceful movie from a first time director,
maybe a sign of things to come from him.
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