A Day Without a Mexican

A Day Without a Mexican

There goes the neighborhood.

200498 min5.9 / 10

A satirical speculative comedy that uses magical realism to expose systemic prejudice and economic dependence, balancing biting social critique with exuberant genre playfulness.

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.

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