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American visa / Bola Ocho Producciones ; Producciones Por Marca ; productores, Juan Carlos Valdivia, Alejandro Gonzalez Padilla, Felipe Galdo ; escrita, producida y dirigida por Juan Carlos Valdivia.
LIBRA DVD 011 110
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Recacoechea, Juan de, 1936---Film adaptations.
- Recacoechea, Juan de.
- Recacoechea, Juan de, 1936-.
- Criminal behavior.
- Visas.
- Visas--Drama.
- Fathers and sons--Drama.
- Fathers and sons.
- Criminal behavior--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Bolivian.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Cochabamba, Bolivia] : [TiendasLatinas.com/LatinoStores.com], [2006]
- Language Note:
- In Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD-R; Dolby Digital; THX.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A Bolivian professor dreams of reuniting with his son and starting a new life in the United States. His plans are seemingly ruined when his visa application is rejected due to the stricter policies implemented in the post 9/11 aftermath. Desperate to reunite with his son, he resorts to questionable measures to overcome the bureaucracy and corruption standing in his way. His diligent efforts to escape to the U.S. are soon complicated, when he falls for a beautiful dancer who offers new reasons for him to remain in Bolivia.
- Participant:
- Demián Bichir, Kate del Castillo, Alberto Etcheverry, Roberto Barberi.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Ernesto Fernandez Tellería; editor, Horacio Quiroz; music, Pepe Stephens.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2005.
- Based on American visa / [by] Juan Recacoechea Saenz.
- Special features: storyboards; music video "American woman"; two original theatrical trailers.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- Local Notes:
- Issued in a 2-disc set with Jonas y la ballena rosada (1995); University of Pennsylvania has classed these two films separately.
- OCLC:
- 537268262
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