Padre Nuestro (2007)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Christopher Zalla

Writer:

Christopher Zalla (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune. |

Plot Keywords:

Mexican | Smuggle | Immigrant

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Jesús Ochoa	...	Diego
Armando Hernández	...	Juan
Jorge Adrián Espíndola	...	Pedro
Paola Mendoza	...	Magda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Andrew	...	Police Officer #2
Leonardo Anzures	...	Simon
Luis Antonio Aponte	...	Foreman
Jean Brassard	...	Restaurant Owner
Barbara Danicka	...	Polish Woman
Eugenio Derbez	...	Anibal
Ricky Garcia	...	Restaurant Worker
Scott Glascock	...	John
Lev Gorn	...	Rough-Shave
Israel Hernández	...	Ricardo
Yarida Hernandez	...	Woman
Matthew Kehoe	...	Art handler
Jessica Kelly	...	Pig-Tails
Lenny Ligotti	...	Police Officer #1
Edward McGinty	...	US Border Patrol Officer
Randall Newsome	...	Truck Driver
Don Puglisi	...	Jimmy
Greta Quispe	...	Coat Check Girl
Rajiv Rao	...	Store Clerk
Jaime Santiago Sánchez	...	Skinny Man / Old Worker
Santos	...	Cowboy Hat Mexican
Yury Tsykun	...	Russian Man
Juan Villarreal	...	Shopkeeper
Teresa Yenque	...	Senora

Directed by
Christopher Zalla

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christopher Zalla		writer

Produced by
Anthony Aufiero	....	associate producer
Daniel Carey	....	executive producer
Louise Lovegrove	....	line producer
Ellyn Long Marshall	....	associate producer
James M. McNamara	....	executive producer
Per Melita	....	producer
Maria E. Nelson	....	associate producer
Ben Odell	....	producer
Gloria Reuben	....	executive producer
James Shifren	....	executive producer
Kaer Vanice	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Brian Cullman

Cinematography by
Igor Martinovic

Film Editing by
Aaron Yanes

Casting by
Heather Hurley
Ellyn Long Marshall
Maria E. Nelson
Manuel Teil

Production Design by
Tommaso Ortino

Art Direction by
Parinaz Mogadassi

Costume Design by
Taphat Tawil

Makeup Department
Brenda Bush	....	key hair stylist
Brenda Bush	....	key makeup artist
Rebecca Goldstein	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Louise Lovegrove	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sheri Davani	....	first assistant director
Borjan Jovanovich	....	second assistant director
Lauretta Prevost	....	second second assistant director
R. Zachary Shildwachter	....	second second assistant director
Yann Sobezynski	....	first assistant director

Art Department
John Conners	....	assistant art director
Maximillia Del Toro	....	art department coordinator: preproduction
Rahi Ghasemi	....	construction coordinator
Catherine Graham	....	set dresser
Katherine Graham	....	set dresser
Jamie Iglehart	....	assistant property master
Mateo Massanet	....	visual consultant
Patrick McGowan	....	property master
Patrick McGowan	....	property master
Megan Szczecko	....	set designer
Jessica Watts	....	buyer

Sound Department
Steve Borne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tammy Douglas	....	sound mixer
Jeff Formosa	....	sound editor
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor
Guillermo Pena-Tapia	....	boom operator
Mike Urdaneta	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Benjamin Murray	....	visual effects
Mike Nuget	....	visual effects

Stunts
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Nat Aguilar	....	grip
Michael Arisohn	....	electrician
Sung Rae Cho	....	first assistant camera
Boris Cifuentes	....	grip
Dylan Crawshay-Williams	....	grip
Matt Cross	....	best boy electric
Tara Emanuelson	....	assistant camera
Jesse Fogel	....	electrician
David Kurt Harris	....	best boy grip
David Harris	....	grip
Sarah L. Hendrick	....	additional first assistant camera
Michelle Hood	....	publicity photographer
Oscar Inzunza	....	gaffer
Rob Lau	....	assistant camera
Monia Lippi	....	still photographer
Ludovic Littee	....	assistant camera
Daniel Luebke	....	grip
Tim Marotta	....	grip
Christian May	....	key grip
Sean Monesson	....	grip
Mary Neary	....	assistant camera
Allen Parks	....	gaffer
Tom Petersen	....	grip
Antonio Ponti	....	assistant camera
Michael Quigley	....	electrician
Nicole Rivelli	....	still photographer
Eric Rodriguez	....	grip
Jared Roessler	....	electrician
Jaime Segschneider	....	camera loader
Jaime Segschneider	....	second assistant camera
John Shim	....	electrician
Steve Siddell	....	gaffer
John Smith	....	electrician
Michelle Sun	....	camera loader
Robert Suroviec	....	grip
Paul Swan	....	grip
Hernan Toro	....	still photographer
Brett Walters	....	assistant camera
Yueni Zander	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Valentina Barbazza	....	extras casting
Alvaro Munoz	....	casting assistant: second unit
Laura Ratchev	....	extras casting
Amanecer Sierra	....	extras casting
Manuel Teil	....	casting: Mexico
Jessica Valencia	....	casting assistant: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yennypher A. Fernandez	....	wardrobe supervisor
Jennifer Schilling	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
David Leonard	....	supervising editor
Ira Schweitzer	....	dailies colorist

Music Department
Tricia Holloway	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Tone Aguero	....	production assistant
Marc Bennet	....	production assistant
Tony Borden	....	production assistant
Patrick Carroll	....	production assistant
Juan Castro	....	parking assistant
Edwin Chan	....	production assistant
Maximillia Del Toro	....	pre-production art coordinator
Jonathan Deluca	....	production assistant
Shannon Dennard	....	location manager
Tara Dolack	....	production accountant
Joe Facey	....	craft service
Tarynn Farmer	....	production assistant
Rodd Ferguson	....	production assistant
Dennis Franklin	....	production assistant
Nathan Gendzier	....	location consultant
Tony Gonzales	....	parking assistant
Stephen Grivno	....	assistant location manager
Raquel Gutiérrez	....	assistant production office coordinator
Berry Hatfield	....	location assistant
Romy Heezen	....	location assistant
Amelia Host	....	office intern
Hugo Jeuffrault	....	set intern
Eric A. Knapp	....	production assistant
Marshall Korshak	....	key set production assistant
Misha Libman	....	production assistant
Ben Logan	....	production assistant
Benjamin Logan	....	production assistant
Richard T. Lynch	....	set production assistant intern
Ali Moussavi	....	set intern
Karen S. Neasi	....	product placement
Mike Nuget	....	titles & effects
Dan O'Meara	....	sales representative
Emily Pecot	....	script supervisor
Yael Peres	....	set intern
Lauretta Prevost	....	pre-production accountant
Tony Province	....	parking assistant
Dorin Razam-Grunfeld	....	production coordinator
Prauge Robert	....	production assistant
Vernon Rodriguez	....	parking coordinator
Lisa Sardinas	....	location manager
Jennifer Schilling	....	production assistant
Nicole Schoonover	....	production assistant
Todd Sheridan	....	production assistant
Amy Small	....	production assistant
Pablo Tendilla Rocha	....	location scout: Mexico
Lenny Timchenko	....	set intern
Mamta Trivedi	....	film festival coordinator
Alicia Van Couvering	....	production assistant
Kaer Vanice	....	assistant location manager
David Vega	....	production assistant
Dylan Verrechia	....	location scout: Mexico
Amy L. Weishaar	....	office intern

Thanks
D.J. Martin	....	thanks
Mateo Massanet	....	special thanks
Matt Zalla	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Cinergy Pictures
• Panamax Films
• Two Lane Pictures

Distributors

• IFC Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Seven Films (2007) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film provided by
• PostWorks, The Lab  processing
• Postworks New York  digital intermediate post-production

Also Known As:

Sangre de mi sangre (USA) (new title) (USA: Spanish title)

Runtime:

USA:110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cinergy Pictures

suspenseful tale with told with deep character development

My wife and I saw Padre Nuestro, now called Sangre De Mi Sangre at a special showing at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and were treated to a question and answer session by the Director/writer, Christopher Zalla. The name of the movie was changed from Padre Nuestro to its new title in Mexico where it had a fairly wide distribution to avoid confusion with an earlier light weight comedy made in Chile with the same title. This movie is anything but light weight as it revolves around the gritty life experiences of illegal aliens struggling to survive in the United States in a dog eat dog world.

This movie contains wonderful performances from each of its four principal characters and Jesus Ochoa (Diego), who is the most well recognized of the Mexican cast, fills the screen with a performance as large as his girth. Armando Hernandez (Juan) deserves mention for an equally powerful performance with only a slightly lesser efforts from Jorge Adrian Espindola (Pedro) and Paola Mendoza (Magda, which certainly did not detract from the excellence of this film.

Filmed on location in a gritty industrial section of Brooklyn, the story contains a sense of believability with only a modest level of contrivance necessary to develop a credible, seamless story line. A powerful movie, which measured up to its success at the Sundance film festival in 1987. The movie will have a limited release in the United States at a single theatre in five city's during the month of May, 2008, so it may not be widely seen, which would be a shame. I look forward to seeing Christopher's next film which we are told will be set in a Bolivian prison for Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment and which may star Don Cheadle.