After crossing into the U.S. with no family to speak of, young Cecilia finds herself in the charge of Francisco, a lonely Cuban immigrant long separated from his own family. Francisco operates a way station for border crossers on the outskirts of Lake Los Angeles, a surreal, desiccated lakebed in the California desert. While he copes with the alienation of living alone in a foreign land and the impossibility of realizing the American dream, Cecilia aimlessly wanders the dusty landscape, accompanied only by her fantastical imagination and distant memories of motherly love.
Directed by Mike Ott
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Cast
Corina Calderon
Angelica
Roberto Sanchez
Francisco Fumero
Johanna Trujillo
Cecilia Trujillo
Eloy Méndez
Adria
David Ury
Dan Dan
Erika Sabel Flores
Marlene Trujillo
Atsuko Okatsuka
Atsuko Sakamoto
René Mena
Eduardo
Ryan Dillon
Brody
David Carey Foster
Burt Meldrum
Cory Zacharia
Cory Lawler
Ivy Khan
Tammy Keitel
Jerry White Jr.
Gene
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