CITY OF DREAMS Trailer (2024) Drama Movie

CITY OF DREAMS Trailer (2024) Drama Movie

CITY OF DREAMS Trailer (2024) Drama Movie
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“Babylon” breakout star Diego Calva is returning to his film roots for Mexican feature “City of Dreams.”

The drama, which is inspired by true events, follows young boy Jesús, whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop making fast fashion in downtown Los Angeles.

The official synopsis reads: “Thrust into a world of exploitation and despair, he’s forced to adhere to the grueling work schedule dictated by El Jefe, a boss who promises freedom for those who complete their quotas. Despite Jesus’s hellish existence, he finds solace in Elena, a girl who was similarly betrayed and sold into slavery. When she goes missing and another co-worker Carlito’s is severely beaten, Jesus realizes that his only hope for freedom is to make a daring escape.”

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The film is written and directed by Mohit Ramchandani; Jason Patric, Alfredo Castro, Ari Lopez, Samm Levine, Paulina Gaitan, and Francisco Denis co-star alongside Calva.

“City of Dreams” is produced by Jon Graham, Rufus Parker, Matthew Diezel, and Sean Wolfington. The executive producers include Tony Robbins, Luis Fonsi, Yalitza Aparicio, Michael Phillips Thomas Jane,
Linda Perry, Luis Mandoki, John Devaney, Ana Wolfington, Shehzaan Chunara, Brad J. Lamb, and
Rohan Ramchandani.

Calva previously called out his Netflix series “Narcos: Mexico” for glorifying cartels.

“There’s a moment in your career as an actor that you really can’t choose your roles,” Calva told GQ. “You are just grateful that you’re having a job, and ‘Narcos’ is a great show. But in my case, it’s a little hard because the way they put the story of my country, I don’t agree at all. There’s a lot of truth and that’s amazing, but there’s a lot of lies, too.”

Calva continued, “I think my country doesn’t need more narco culture and making these guys heroes.”

Calva is set to star in Daniel Minahan’s adaptation of “On Swift Horses” alongside Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

“My dream is to be part of Latin American cinema always,” he added. “My only fear right now is that maybe Latin directors are going to think, ‘That guy will never come back,’ and they are not going to call me.”

“City of Dreams” premieres August 30 in theaters. Check out the trailer below.

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Neon has unveiled their version of the short teaser trailer for the animated film Robot Dreams, which first premiered at the 2023 Cannes & Annecy Film Festivals last year. This film is one of our favorite animated films of 2023, a delightful little tale of friendship and connection in New York City. It's on the shortlist for the Oscars, and might just end up with a nomination for Best Animated Film. Robot Dreams is the first animation film by the award-winning director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. The dialogue-free animated film is based on the popular graphic novel by Sara Varon, about the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s. Dog is lonely so he orders a Robot companion, but then Robot gets stuck in the sand at the beach one day. I wrote a glowing review of this out of Cannes, and Neon picked up the film for US release. There's still no final release date set yet for the US debut - but we hope to hear more soon, especially knowing a full trailer is still on the way.

Here's the first US teaser trailer (+ poster) for Pablo Berger's Robot Dreams, from Neon's YouTube:

Robot Dreams Poster

You can rewatch the international teaser for Berger's Robot Dreams right here, for the first look again.

Dog lives in Manhattan and he's tired of being alone. One day after seeing a commercial on television, he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80's NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again? Robot Dreams is written and directed by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger, also director of the films Die Torremolinos Homevideos, Blancanieves, and Abracadabra previously. Adapted from Sara Varon's graphic novel of the same name. It's produced by Ibon Cormenzana, Ángel Durández, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia, Jérôme Vidal, and Pablo Berger. This initially premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year (read our review). It already opened in Spain and France late last year, and also played briefly for one week for an Oscar qualifying run. Neon will now release Berger's Robot Dreams in select US theaters sometime in early 2024 - still waiting for the official date. Look good?