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- 2006
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 20 m
- 2006
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 20 m
Summary This feature-length documentary follows Mexican musician Carmelo Muñiz as the troubadour returns home to scratch out a living after years of trying to get ahead in San Francisco. (Meteor Fillms)
- 2006
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 20 m
- 2006
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 20 m
Romántico
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Summary This feature-length documentary follows Mexican musician Carmelo Muñiz as the troubadour returns home to scratch out a living after years of trying to get ahead in San Francisco. (Meteor Fillms)
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Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
68
69% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Pain, poetry and perseverance form the backbone of Mark Becker's compassionate, well-observed documentary.
Following a hardworking, goodhearted man as life beats the hell out of him, this documentary is moving almost to the point of exploitation.
A modest documentary, small in scope and ambition, but it achieves one of the higher callings of art in that it forces viewers to look at a something in a newer, deeper and more humane way.
It will be a long time before you forget the deep pain etched into the weary face of Carmelo Muñiz, the mariachi singer at the center of Mark Becker's immensely moving documentary.
Works best as a beautifully executed and inspirational work of self-sacrifice.
Carmelo, the central figure, returns home when his mother's health begins to decline, and his love of family, something of an abstraction in the first part, leaves him deeply divided: he wants to care for them personally, but he can better provide for them by returning to the U.S.
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Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination