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Was blown away by this movie! I caught it at the San Diego Latino Film Festival with a group of friends who also walked away with such great energy and emotions.

The story hit an emotional nerve for me personally as it deals with a dreamer who wants nothing more then to be loved and to love back. Don't we all? :-(

Putting your political opinions aside this film provides an opportunity to experience raw love between two people who capture love in a bottle.

Do yourself a favor and watch this film and you will not be disappointed.

I loved the acting, and the cinematography was incredible.

I only wish we could have met with the director who was present at the festival but was not able to.

Great film!!!

I love how real this movie is!!! I wish I knew where in Mexico they filmed! I have to give props to Mr Garcia for the cinematography that was amazing. Everything that he captured was in point and felt I was part of the movie. Hope to see more work of his in the near future.

Now the movie I loved it. Sad but true I have a friend going thru the process legalizing himself and he is currently married with his husband for 5 years and still in the process. It's not a easy and short process plus it is a pricey process. I can't imagine him go thru what's Diego and Abel had to go thru in case of a emergency to Mexico and not legal yet. If I could give it more stars I would.

It is hard to imagine that an illegal Mexican immigrant who has been living in the United Sates since he was 6 years old and now is in his mid 30s hasn't managed to get documented via one of the plenty US organisations who dedicate themselves to this. But that little detail of reality wouldn't suit the infantile storyline of this film.

White Americans in this film are portrayed as evil drug addicts, racists, rapists and murderers. Of course we must dispose of the idea that it is in fact that group which has made America the country that has become so desirable for a large demographic of Mexicans to immigrate into.

The tragedy of the film occurrs not because the broken immigration system is not letting people in, but because human smuggling (run by Mexican drug cartels, not by renegade US citizens) is still occurring since the US is not hard enough. If "the wall" is built, hopefully that will come to an end.

The prejudiced anti-white, anti-American propaganda in this film is loathesome. The love story between the two hairy latino bears is the only part that I enjoyed

So I was aiming to watch another flick at my AMC movie theater in Chicago when I came across a poster just outside the ticket booth area. It immediately caught my eye. It was a man looking right at me, but you can only see half his face. I then looked at the title, "En Algun Lugar" and I was like, "what the heck does that mean?" Underneath it says "Love knows no borders." Huh?????

There was a large crowd forming outside the booth area and they were standing around a blue sign that read, "Chicago Latino Film Festival." A rep walked up to me and asked me if I had any questions. I pointed at the En Algun Lugar poster and she said, yep, that's one of our films. We only have a limited amount of tickets left for the evening's show.

Okay, I get it, you're trying to sell me tickets, whatever. I said thanks but no thanks.

So I proceed to buy a ticket to another movie when guess what happens? Yep, my movie is sold out. Really? Ugh! So, I turned around and there across from me is the man who is on the poster. It's the actor!!! He and a group of folks head up to the theaters and I quickly follow, but now I need a ticket. Luckily I got one of the last tickets (that rep wasn't lying after all).

So I take my seat and the theater is packed! Remember, i know nothing about this movie except for the fact they cast an extremely attractive man and he's in the theater with me. (YAY!!!)

The lights dim to black and...

... well, I am happy to say after nearly two hours you quickly realize there was a specific response the filmmakers were trying to achieve from its audience. It caught me off guard because at first, I was worried when the characters seemed glossed over with the typical cliche techniques often found in romantic dramas, but then it is completely removed when a hyper-realistic quality takes over the film. It was truly welcomed as it gave the film and its audience a sense of energy often found in action films or suspense thrillers (this is not a bad thing, just a bad example on my part, but when you see the film you'll get what I'm saying, AND YOU'LL AGREE with me).

I think the filmmakers chose to do this to offer a specific narrative often experienced by the men and women who grew up in the United States without legal immigration status. Yep, that's what I believe the tagline "Love Knows No Borders" was pertaining to on its poster, and man did they nail it!

On a side note, I will say this, this film does not shy away from the tragic situations many living in the shadows have to endure, but they do provide some tongue and cheek comedy relief from one character named Brolio played by Jessie Perez. Just when things get desperate or low in energy Brolio pops up and brings us some welcomed energy to a desperate situation. Some may welcome this, while others may see this as a cop-out to a realistic situation going on in our country today. I'd agree with said cop out feelings, but again there is a specific response they want the audience to experience so they need to show the humor and glossiness; my opinion.

To that end, that attractive actor's name, the one on the poster, is Andrew Saenz, and he was great, but it's his co-star Nelson Rodriguez who steals the show with his small and subtle actions. I mean let us be honest, these two actors share a strong bond on screen and I would not for one second think there was not some true romance between them while the cameras were not rolling. (If not, then damn, these two guys are some true thespians!)

Yes, this film is unique and has a political position in its undertones, but it does not slap you in the face with it, rather it provides you with an opportunity to at least see what it's like to want to be loved while borders dictate who you can love, and that's the core message... LOVE (should) KNOW NO BORDERS.

No spoilers...

I'm a sucker for rom coms, which this is not, but there was something relatable in the situations these characters go through that make it feel like the first half of the film can fall into that genre, but then there's a significant twist halfway through the film that exposes a raw and organic underbelly to what I believe the storyteller was trying to communicate... we all want to live in a rom com, but when the reality of life sets in rom coms will never be a true reflection of what life is really all about, and we all make decisions that can, and will, impact your life for good or for bad, which is why I feel this film will hit a nerve of a certain sentimental audience who, like me, truly enjoy the mystique of living in a pretend world of the rom coms, but since we are all truly cynical beings, our cynicism will urge you to fall in love with this film's message... I did.

Okay, enough about rom coms... I promise.

The real meat of this story is a topic I was not fully aware of, or educated on, until recent political events in my country (USA); that of a broken immigration system with thousands of young undocumented immigrants living in secret from their friends and lovers.

This movie, without spoon feeding it, gently hints the sacrifice and courage these immigrants experience day in and day out. The folks are as American as i, except for a sheet of paper, BUT, the film does not slap you in the face about how unfair it is for them, rather it hits you in the face about the drastic decisions immigrants have to make in this country just to experience the countless rights and liberties I often take for granted. It doesn't make me feel ashamed to be a white woman with privilege, that was not the agenda of this film, but it does make me ask how do I justify the daily complaints I have about the little things I often complain about when folks like the protagonist of this film would dream to complain about.

A lovely film, with a great cast and wonderful imagery!

This movie touched home but in a heterosexual way. I had some similarities happen with my sister married a undocumented and couldn't see his mom because of illegal status, hopefully soon he will be able to see his mom before she passes away. If you have not seen this movie watch it but you must watch it with a box of Kleenex