The first real tear-jerker of 2008 is here and it’s called La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon). That “same moon” is the one under which both Rosario, a young mother working in Los Angeles and Carlitos, her nine year old son back in Mexico, both sleep. It’s the moon they both look at knowing the other is also looking. It’s a way they have to connect with each other between their weekly Sunday morning phone calls. At times, it is the only hope they have of ever seeing each other again.

The problem, of course, is immigration. Rosario has come to the United States illegally in hopes of making some money and, ultimately, gaining legal status and then sending for her son. Carlitos, meanwhile, has been stuck in Mexico living with his grandmother (his father took off before he was born and we find out is living in Tucson). Continue reading “Review: Under the Same Moon” →