Analysis Of Amexicano

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Stephen Tytler
Mr. McEachin
ENGL 1302
5 May 2014
The Life of a Migrant Worker and the Power of Human Connection
The film Amexicano is a film directed by Matthew Bonifacio and written by Carmine Famiglietti who also plays the role as Bruno in the movie. It was released in 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Jury award for Director Matthew Bonifacio. Notable cast in the movie are Carmine Famiglietti (Bruno), Raul Castillo (Ignacio), Jennifer Pena (Gabriella) and Manny Perez (Diego).
The film tells two distinct stories. The first story is a light hearted ethnic comedy about the growing friendship between an Italian American (Bruno, a man with little positive to say about illegal immigrants finds himself working with one in this film) and a Mexican immigrant (Ignacio) both struggling with their co-dependency for each other and the stronger need for a paycheck. The second story tells us about just how uncertain the life of a migrant worker can be.
In the first story, Bruno is an Italian-American guy who lives in Queens, NY, and has lost his job. Bruno has been looking for wor...

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