Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
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Contemporary, prestige, comic and open-ended.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Julio TorresAlejandro
- Tilda SwintonElizabeth
- RZABobby
- Isabella RosselliniNarrator (voice)
- Catalina SaavedraDolores
- James ScullyBingham
- Laith NakliKhalil
- Spike EinbinderSpray
- Logan J. Alarcon-PoucelYoung Alejandro
- Greta LeeDalia
Crew
- Julio TorresDirector
- Julio TorresWriter
- Fredrik WenzelDirector of Photography
- Lia Ouyang RusliOriginal Music Composer
- Jacob Secher SchulsingerEditor
- Sara ShawEditor
- Emma StoneProducer
- Dave McCaryProducer
- Julio TorresProducer
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The Boondocks 200564% alikeTelevision · Both contemporary, comic.
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