2.22.192.28.19
LIFE AND NOTHING MORE
by Antonio Méndez Esparza
2.22.192.28.19
by Antonio Méndez Esparza
In his remarkable second feature, Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza follows-up his debut drama "Aquí y allá" with another sensitive portrait of a struggling family.
In his remarkable second feature, Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza follows-up his debut drama Aquí y allá with another sensitive portrait of a struggling family. Stressed by her job in a diner, single mother Regina (Regina Williams) is raising her two children in northern Florida. When her 14-year-old son Andrew (Andrew Bleechington) has another brush with the law, she worries he'll wind up in prison like his father. Méndez Esparza employs documentary-style realism in this snapshot of race, class and the bonds of family in contemporary America.
Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Ry'nesia Chambers
Antonio Méndez Esparza
1 hour, 54 minutes
October 24, 2018
CFI Releasing
Spain, United States
Assisted Listening Devices Available
Feb 22 through Feb 28
(LIFE AND NOTHING MORE is) a slow accumulation of closely observed moments... that add up to something much more nuanced, a portrait of lives that can't be reduced to statistics.
It's a vital, singularly crafted film that simply tells it... like it is through the eyes of a struggling African American single mother and the adolescent son she desperately wants to keep out of trouble against the mounting odds.
Persistence is the name of the game, and Esparza's steadfast cast of first-time actors seems to know it in their bones. There isn't a false note between them.
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