ESL: English as a Second Language
04/12/2005
2h

Bolivar De La Cruz (Kuno Becker) and Lola Sara (Danielle Camastra) share only ethnicity. He's just arrived from Mexico looking for work. Father´s Lola made the same journey twenty years ago. Now, Bolivar and Lola find themselves on a collision course with the events that will change their lives forever.
Cast


María Conchita Alonso
Consuelo


Kuno Becker
Bolivar de la Cruz


Danielle Camastra
Lola Sara


John Michael Higgins
Norman Benjamin


Odessa Rae
Micari


Soledad St. Hilaire
Aunt Maria


Treva Etienne
Donovan


Efrain Figueroa
Eduardo Sara


Harold Gould
Wayne


Sal Lopez
Pepe
Lorena Kichik
Esmeralda De La Cruz


Armelia McQueen
Nurse Wanda


Lillian Hurst
Juanita
Lina Acosta
Petra


Saul Huezo
Jesus
Natalia Garduño
Irma


Damián Delgado
Mr. Gonzales
Armando Heredia
Moises
D.J. Elliott
Mark


Juan Carlos Cantu
Julio De La Cruz


Ehécatl Chávez
Panchito


Daniel Edward Mora
Cesar
Anthony Mendoza
Border Guard


Rubén Garfias
Mani
Matthew Jett Schaefer
Rutger


David Agranov
Pargo
Christopher Watters
Slash


Eddie Alfano
Fabrizio
Devin A. Matthews
Mr. Beautiful
Kathy Jensen
Lush Woman


Bob Bouchard
Truck Driver
Steven Koller
Yuppie Customer


Steve Tom
Judge


Tonita Castro
Manuela
Setsuko Niwa
Store Clerk
Jake Hanover
Amateur Cowboy (uncredited)
Ron Kublin
Tavi (uncredited)
John Eric Brown
Police Officer (uncredited)
Elizabeth Manders Thompson
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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