Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
Monday, January 19th, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: UK | Ireland
Runtime: 89 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: To face the future, they must face the past.
Cast: Liam Neeson … Alistair Little
James Nesbitt … Joe Griffen
Anamaria Marinca … Vika rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Juliet Crawford … Cathy
Niamh Cusack … Alistair's Mum
Mark David … Young Alistair (as Mark Davison)
Gerry Doherty … Joe's Dad
Richard Dormer … Michael
Paul Garret … Alistair's Dad
Katy Gleadhill … Fiona
Jonathan Harden … David
Pauline Hutton … Sharon
Andrea Irvine … Sarah
Gerard Jordan … Jim
Paul Kennedy … Sound recordist
Conor MacNeill … Dave
Mark Matthews … Martin – Cameraman at Loughfinn Centre
Mathew McElhinney … Stuart
Barry McEvoy … Joe's Chauffeur
Paula McFetridge … Joe's Mum
Diarmuid Noyes … Andy
Richard Orr … Alistair's Chauffeur
Lalor Roddy … LandLord
Plot: The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen’s brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two. add synopsis
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: UK
Runtime: USA:95 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Lynn Barber (memoir) Nick Hornby (screenplay)
Cast: Carey Mulligan … Jenny
Olivia Williams … Miss Stubbs
Alfred Molina … Jack
Cara Seymour … Marjorie
William Melling … Small Boy #1
Connor Catchpole … Small Boy #2
Matthew Beard … Graham
Peter Sarsgaard … David
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes … Hattie
Ellie Kendrick … Tina
Dominic Cooper … Danny
Rosamund Pike … Helen
Nick Sampson … Auctioneer
Kate Duchêne … Latin Teacher (as Kate Duchene)
Bel Parker … Small Girl
Plot: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 41 nominations
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: Mexico | USA
Runtime: USA:96 min (Sundance Film Festival)
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline: The greatest sin of all is risking nothing.
Cast: Marco Antonio Aguirre … Big Lips
Leonardo Alonso … Policía Judicial
Karla Cecilia Alvarado … Marera
Juan Pablo Arias Barrón … Niño #3
Rosalba Belén Barrón … Niño #2
Felipe Castro … Marero (as Sixto Felipe Castro)
Rosalba Quintana Cruz … Tierra Blanca Mujer
Marcela Feregrino … Kimberly
Kristian Ferrer … El Smiley
Édgar Flores … Willy / El Casper
Giovanni Florido … El Sipe
Paulina Gaitan … Sayra
Ariel Galvan … Migrante #1
Diana Garcia … Martha Marlene
Gabriela Garibaldi … Diana
Plot: Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S…
Awards: 12 wins & 9 nominations
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | France
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A soul searching comedy.
Cast: Paul Giamatti … Giamatti – Paul
Dina Korzun … Nina
Emily Watson … Claire
David Strathairn … Dr. Flintstein
Katheryn Winnick … Sveta
Lauren Ambrose … Stephanie
Boris Kievsky … Oleg
Oksana Lada … Sasha
Natalia Zvereva … Anastasia
Rebecca Brooksher … Yelena
Yevgeniy Dekhtyar … Hotel Receptionist
Floanne Ankah … Ballerina
Fabrizia Dal Farra … Ballerina
Polina Gorokhovskaya … Sophisticated Prostitute rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Aronov … Mafioso
Seth Austin … Androgynous Person
Marie-Pierre Beausejour … Sonya
Brienin Bryant
Kevin Cannon … Angry Protestor
Erin Cronican … Assistant to Director
Alexandra Donhoeffner … Ballerina
John Farrer … Dream Sequence Violinist
Gabriel Furman … Russian Soap Doctor
Laura Heisler
Ted Koch … INS Officer
Gregory Korostishevsky … Yuri
Eliezer Meyer … Russian Airline Passenger
Armand Schultz … Astrov
Stella Stark … Paul's young mother
Wendy Rich Stetson … Soul Storage Mother
Michael Stuhlbarg … Hedge Fund Consultant
Michael Tucker … Frank- Director
Plot: Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov’s play, Vanya.
Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Languages: English | French | Swedish
Director:
Tagline: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Tom Hansen
Zooey Deschanel … Summer Finn
Geoffrey Arend … McKenzie
Chloe Moretz … Rachel Hansen
Matthew Gray Gubler … Paul
Clark Gregg … Vance
Patricia Belcher … Millie
Rachel Boston … Alison
Minka Kelly … Autumn – Girl at interview
Charles Walker … Millie's New Husband
Ian Reed Kesler … Douche
Darryl Alan Reed … Bus Driver
Valente Rodriguez … Employee #1
Yvette Nicole Brown … New Secretary
Nicole Vicius … Partygoer
Plot: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 97 min | USA:97 min (Sundance Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: It's a business doing pleasure.
Cast: Ashton Kutcher … Nikki
Anne Heche … Samantha
Margarita Levieva … Heather
Sebastian Stan … Harry
Ashley Johnson … Eva
Sonia Rockwell … Christina
Rachel Blanchard … Emily
Shane Brolly … Prince Stelio
Eric Balfour … Sean
Maria Conchita Alonso … Ingrid
Tommy Kijas … Jason – 'Head Waiter' (as Thomas Kijas)
Derek Carter … Delivery Guy
Dani Levine … Nadia
Peter Marc Jacobson … Plastic Surgeon
Hart Bochner … Will
Plot: A sex comedy centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover.
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Biography, Drama, Music
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min | 128 min (unrated director's cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: No dream is too big
Cast: Jamal Woolard … Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace
Mohamed Dione … Record Executive at Party
Derek Luke … Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Dennis L.A. White … Damion 'D-Roc' Butler
Marc John Jefferies … Lil Cease
Menyone DeVeaux … Hot Girl
Ginger Kroll … Debbie
Ricky Smith … Wally
Christopher Jordan Wallace … Biggie (age 8-13)
Amanda Christopher … Keisha
Angela Bassett … Voletta Wallace
Nina Daniels … Street Commentator
Jasper Briggs … Damion (age 8-13)
Cyrus Farmer … Selwyn
David Costabile … Mr. Webber
Plot: The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
Awards: 6 nominations
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min | Canada:109 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Life is hard. Life is short. Life is painful. Life is rich. Life is….Precious.
Cast: Gabourey Sidibe … Precious
Mo'Nique … Mary
Paula Patton … Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey … Mrs. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd … Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz … Nurse John
Stephanie Andujar … Rita
Chyna Layne … Rhonda
Amina Robinson … Jermaine
Xosha Roquemore … Joann
Angelic Zambrana … Consuelo
Aunt Dot … Tootsie
Nealla Gordon … Mrs. Lichtenstein
Grace Hightower … Social Worker
Barret Helms … Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)
Plot: In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 58 nominations
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 140 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: This is War. This is Brooklyn.
Cast: Richard Gere … Eddie Dugan
Don Cheadle … Tango
Ethan Hawke … Sal
Wesley Snipes … Caz
Jesse Williams … Eddie Quinlan
Lili Taylor … Angela
Ellen Barkin
Will Patton … Lt. Bill Hobarts
Brian F. O'Byrne … Ronny Rosario
Vincent D'Onofrio … Carlo rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Adams … Doctor
Wade Allain-Marcus … C-Rayz
Jas Anderson … K Rock
Nicoye Banks … Slim
Ismail Bashey … Radio Interviewer (voice)
Shaun B'Laurent … Tim (as Ed Pelle)
James Thomas Bligh … Detective Steve Ryan
Diana Bologna … Italian Woman
Robert John Burke … Trooper Scarborough
Raquel Castro … Katherine
Carl Clemons … Club Goon
Rosalyn Coleman … Mother
Tawny Cypress … Allisa Hughes
Isabella David … Sarie's Friend
Paul Diomede … The Italian
John D'Leo … Vinny
Ramon Flowers … Junky
Lebroz Ariel James … Brooklyn Bruiser
Michael Jeremiah … Narc
Hassan Johnson … Beamer
Shannon Kane … Chantel
Ebony J Lewis … Shortie
Steve Lord … FBI Wiretap Agent
Bruce MacVittie … Father Scarpetti
Stella Maeve … Cynthia
Logan Marshall-Green … Melvin Panton
Tanda Mercer … Shortie
Ed Moran … Investigator #2
Kevin Navayne … Drug dealer
Michael Pemberton … Capt. Jenkins
Armando Riesco … Detective George Montress
Clifford Rivera … Thug Ballplayer #2
Wass Stevens … Patrick Leary
Will Stewart … Plainclothes Officer
Tika Sumpter … Neighborhood Girl
Joshua Thompson … Jojo
Sarah Thompson … Sarie
Tobias Truvillion … Gutta
Isiah Whitlock Jr. … Kordell
Michael K. Williams … Red
Yan Xi … Chinese Waitress
Rick Zahn … Police Commissioner
Plot: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths. add synopsis
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2009
Country: India | USA
Runtime: USA:154 min
Languages: Hindi | Cantonese
Director:
Tagline: This Diwali, two great civilizations… will wish they had never met!
Writers: Rajat Arora (dialogue) Bohemia (lyrics)
Cast: Akshay Kumar … SidhulLiu Sheuyn
Deepika Padukone … Sakhi / Suzy 'Meow Meow' 'Miss TSM'
Mithun Chakraborty … Dada
Ranvir Shorey … Chopstick
Chia Hui Liu … Hojo (as Gordon Liu)
Roger Yuan … Inspector Chiang Kohung rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kiran Juneja … Mrs. Kohung
Yuk-Ting Lau (as Lau Yuk-Ting)
Jun Li … Wong
Chang En Lu … Han
Conan Stevens … Joey
Kevin Wu … Frankie
Plot: An action-comedy about a simple cook from Chandni Chowk mistaken for the reincarnation of an ancient peasant warrior Liu Shengh by residents of an oppressed Chinese village.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Morris Chestnut … Dave Johnson
Taraji P. Henson … Clarice Clark
Maeve Quinlan … Julie Sawyer
Kevin Hart … Tree
Wood Harris … Darnell Gooden
Eddie Cibrian … Brock Houseman
Jenifer Lewis … Mary 'Mama' Clark
Niecy Nash … Michelle
Cannon Jay … Bryson Sawyer
Albert Hall … Bishop Wilkes
Jeff Krebs … Trauma Doctor
Nathaniel Carter … Deshawn
Brendon Terrell Ferguson … Marcus (as Brendon Terrell)
Kwame Boateng … Darius
Henry Brown … Mr. Reid
Plot: A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple. add synopsis
Awards: 2 nominations
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Music
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:96 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Everyone's got an opinion.
Writers: Catherine DiNapoli (writer) Jonathan Parker (writer)
Cast: Adam Goldberg … Adrian Jacobs
Marley Shelton … Madeleine Gray
Eion Bailey … Josh Jacobs
Lucy Punch … The Clarinet
Vinnie Jones … Ray Barko
Zak Orth … Porter Canby
Ptolemy Slocum … Monroe
Michael Panes … Grant
Svetlana Efremova … Russian Singer
Marceline Hugot … Corporate Art Buyer
Janet Carroll … Helen Finkelstein
Ben Hammer … Morton Cabot
David Beach … Critic at Morton Cabot's Concert
David Cale … Critic at Adrian's Concert
Dean Wareham … Critic at Adrian's Concert
Plot: A Chelsea art gallerist falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic tale about the state of contemporary art.
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:86 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Patton Oswalt … Paul Aufiero
Kevin Corrigan … Sal
Michael Rapaport … Philadelphia Phil
Marcia Jean Kurtz … Paul's Mom
Gino Cafarelli … Jeff
Matt Servitto … Detective Velarde
Serafina Fiore … Gina
Polly Humphreys … Christine
Joe Garden … Dennis
Jonathan Hamm … Quantrell Bishop
Sidné Anderson … Dr. Parker rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Caniano … Driver #3
Tom Epstein … Reporter
Miranda Rhyne … Strip Club Greeter
Bobby Rickert … Eagles Fan
Annette Santrello … Corrections Officer
Plot: Paul Aufiero, a hardcore New York Giants football fan, struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A story about love that's taking on a life of its own.
Cast: Charlyne Yi … Charlyne Yi
Michael Cera … Michael Cera
Jake M. Johnson … Nicholas Jasenovec
Gill Summers … Himself
Martin Starr … Himself
Seth Rogen … Himself
Demetri Martin … Himself
Luciano Yi … Himself
Lydia Yi … Herself
Mike Modrak … Himself
Bill Hase … Himself
Matthew Craig … Himself
Donald Skinner-Noble … Himself
Derek Waters … Himself
Matthew Bass … Himself
Plot: Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand: Love.
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 137 min
Languages: English | German | Russian
Director:
Tagline: Freedom begins with an act of defiance!
Cast: Daniel Craig … Tuvia Bielski
Liev Schreiber … Zus Bielski
Jamie Bell … Asael Bielski
Alexa Davalos … Lilka Ticktin
Allan Corduner … Shamon Haretz
Mark Feuerstein … Isaac Malbin
Tomas Arana … Ben Zion Gulkowitz
Jodhi May … Tamara Skidelsky
Kate Fahy … Riva Reich
Iddo Goldberg … Yitzchak Shulman
Iben Hjejle … Bella
Martin Hancock … Peretz Shorshaty
Ravil Isyanov … Viktor Panchenko
Jacek Koman … Konstanty 'Koscik' Kozlowski
George MacKay … Aron Bielski
Plot: Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 103 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again.
Cast: Jaime King … Lorelei Rox
Gabriel Macht … The Spirit / Denny Colt
Dan Gerrity … Det. Sussman
Arthur the Cat … Himself
Kimberly Cox … Damsel in Distress
Brian Lucero … Thug #1
David Brian Martin … Thug #2 (as David B. Martin)
Larry Reinhardt-Meyer … Officer MacReady
Frank Miller … Liebowitz
Eva Mendes … Sand Saref
Eric Balfour … Mahmoud
Samuel L. Jackson … The Octopus
Louis Lombardi … Pathos / Ethos / Logos
Scarlett Johansson … Silken Floss
Sarah Paulson … Ellen Dolan
Plot: Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama, History, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | German
Director:
Tagline: Many saw evil. They dared to stop it.
Cast: Tom Cruise … Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
Kenneth Branagh … Major-General Henning von Tresckow
Bill Nighy … General Friedrich Olbricht
Tom Wilkinson … General Friedrich Fromm
Carice van Houten … Nina von Stauffenberg
Thomas Kretschmann … Major Otto Ernst Remer
Terence Stamp … Ludwig Beck
Eddie Izzard … General Erich Fellgiebel
Kevin McNally … Dr. Carl Goerdeler (as Kevin R. McNally)
Christian Berkel … Colonel Mertz von Quirnheim
Jamie Parker … Lieutenant Werner von Haeften
David Bamber … Adolf Hitler
Tom Hollander … Colonel Heinz Brandt
David Schofield … Erwin von Witzleben
Kenneth Cranham … Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Plot: Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.
Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 120 min | USA:115 min | 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Heel the love
Cast: Owen Wilson … John Grogan
Jennifer Aniston … Jennifer Grogan
Eric Dane … Sebastian Tunney
Kathleen Turner … Ms. Kornblut
Alan Arkin … Arnie Klein
Nathan Gamble … Patrick (Age 10)
Haley Bennett … Lisa
Ann Dowd … Dr. Platt
Clarke Peters … Editor
Finley Jacobsen … Conor (Age 8)
Lucy Merriam … Colleen (Age 5)
Bryce Robinson … Patrick (Age 7)
Ben Hyland … Conor (Age 5)
Sarah O'Kelly … Neighbor Mom (Nurse)
Keith Hudson … Big Guy
Plot: A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
All Genres:
Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: Canada | USA | Germany
Runtime: USA:94 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: It's Time To Soar.
Cast: Mike Antonakos … Pizza Manager
Giacomo Baessato … Drunken Partier
Tosca Baggoo … Carmen Lopez
Matt Bellefleur … Derek Black
Corbin Bleu … Cale Bryant
Gary Chalk … Home Track Announcer
Kim Clarke … Pizza Woman
Val Cole … News Reporter
Brandon Dabul-Sanchez … Edwardo, Lopez
Stefan Dabul-Sanchez … Hector Lopez
Patricia Drake … Manager
Sandra Echeverría … Alex
Gustavo Febres … Angel Lopez
Paul Jarrett … Frank
Woody Jeffreys … National Official
Grant Langston
Hannah R. Lay … Lilian
Nels Lennarson … John Lamport
Wall Levy … Wally
Tyler McClendon … Don Ryan
Tim McGrath … Justin
Penelope Ann Miller … Jeanette
Jesse Moss … Justin Maynard
Tegan Moss … Crystal
Scott Patey … Trent
Madison Pettis … Bailey Bryant
Martin Rattigan … Coby
David Reivers … Dell Bryant
Michael Ryan … Herman Black
John Shaw … Sheriff Bud Williams
Chris Shields … Doctor
Clay St. Thomas … MX Commentator
Plot: Cale, is determined to win a coveted spot on the Grand National racing team without compromising his devotion to his friends and family
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
All Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Sport
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA | Mexico
Runtime: Netherlands:103 min | USA:103 min | Argentina:103 min
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline: La Vida es Un Volado
Cast: Gael García Bernal … Tato
Diego Luna … Beto
Guillermo Francella … Batuta
Dolores Heredia … Elvira
Adriana Paz … Toña
Jessica Mas … Maya
Salvador Zerboni … Jorge W
Tania Esmeralda Aguilar … Nadia
Joaquín Cosio … Arnulfo
Alfredo Alfonso … Don Casimiro
Fermín Martínez … DT. Obdulio
Eduardo Von … DT. Bruno Lopéz
Jorge Zárate … Voz Bruno López
Axel Ricco … Mena
Harold Torres … Trompo Tovar
Plot: Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional soccer.
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
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