Directed by:
Jason ChaetCinematography:
Meg KettellComposer:
Robert ManganaroCast:
Armando Riesco, Tony Plana, Susan Misner, Shirley Rumierk, Cote de Pablo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Francesca Curran, Alex Morf, Michael Cyril Creighton, Emma Ramos, Olivia Larsen, Alfredo De Quesada (more)Plots(1)
David Seneca, portrayed by writer/actor Armando Riesco in an engagingly vulnerable performance, is just another New York City actor for hire, navigating the tedium of auditions and callbacks. Being Puerto Rican, he also has to deal with casting directors seeking Latino stereotypes. To make ends meet, David gives speech lessons to foreigners, all the while mentoring a young protégé whose star is rising. As his childhood mentor battles cancer, his married life breaks down and his homeland is hit with the devastating Hurricane Maria, the frazzled David gets caught in a street fight, captured on video, going viral and turning him into an infamous internet sensation. David must ponder how to move forward. (Woodstock Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Armando Riesco
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Vinyl (2016) (series)
25th Hour (2002)
White Fang (2018)
Tony Plana
Cuba
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Primal Fear (1996)
Salvador (1986)
Susan Misner
USA
Best movies:
Chicago (2002)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Shirley Rumierk
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Cote de Pablo
Chile
Best movies:
The 33 (2015)
The Dovekeepers (2015) (series)
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010)
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Detachment (2011)
25th Hour (2002)
Francesca Curran
USA
Alex Morf
Best movies:
Crown Vic (2019)
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
In Dubious Battle (2016)
Michael Cyril Creighton
Best movies:
Spotlight (2015)
American Fiction (2023)
The Post (2017)
Emma Ramos
Best movies:
Gringa (2023)
Olivia Larsen
Best movies:
Katie Fforde (2010) (series)
Ghost in the Graveyard (2019)
Alfredo De Quesada
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Che: Part One (2008)
The Caller (2011)
Stranded in Paradise (2014) (TV movie)
Brian King
Best movies:
Man of Steel (2013)
Widows (2018)
Candyman (2021)
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Best movies:
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Vice (2018)
Chanel Mack
Best movies:
The Harder They Fall (2021)
Moisés Acevedo
Best movies:
Remember Me (2010)
The Brave One (2007)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)