The read
Scores higher than 78% of the 4,614 2020s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic68/100
172 audience votes
Key crew
- Julio TorresWriter
- Julio TorresDirector
- Lia Ouyang RusliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Julio TorresAlejandro
- Tilda SwintonElizabeth
- RZABobby
- Isabella RosselliniNarrator (voice)
- Catalina SaavedraDolores
- James ScullyBingham
- Laith NakliKhalil
- Spike EinbinderSpray
- Logan J. Alarcon-PoucelYoung Alejandro
- Greta LeeDalia
- Larry OwensCraigslist
- Glo TavarezBeatriz, Khalil Law Paralegal
Stills
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Themes
new york cityimmigrantwidowassistantamerican dreamnarcissismcryogenicssatirelgbttoy designerthoughtfullost soul