The Leading Actor

1h 14m
Comedy
3.5

A young man from the suburbs of Iztapalapa in Mexico City is casted as the lead actor for a new film. When the film opens at the Berlinale, he is consterned about how European people views Latin American films just as a sort of misery porn.

Cast

Sofía Espinosa
Unknown
Marcelo Cerón
Unknown
Antonio Vega
Unknown

Crew

Paula Markovitch
Director, Screenplay

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