MOVIE DETAIL:
Mosquita y Mari is a coming of age story that focuses on a
tender friendship between two young Chicanas. Yolanda and Mari are growing up
in Huntington Park, Los Angeles and have only known loyalty to one thing:
family. Growing up in immigrant households, both girls are expected to prioritize
the well-being of their families. Yolanda, an only child, delivers straight A's
and the hope of the American Dream while Mari, the eldest, shares economic
responsibilities with her undocumented family who scrambles to make ends
meet.When Mari moves in across the street from Yolanda, they maintain their
usual life routine, until an incident at school thrusts them into a friendship
and into unknown territory. As their friendship grows, a yearning to explore
their strange yet beautiful connection surfaces. Lost in their private world of
unspoken affection, lingering gazes, and heart-felt confessions of uncertain
futures, Yolanda's grades begin to slip while Mari's focus drifts away from her
duties at a new job. Mounting pressures at home collide with their new-found
connection, forcingthem to choose between their obligations to others and
staying true to themselves.
Movie info:
Directed by
Aurora Guerrero
Release date
3.8.2012
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