Bajo La Misma Luna : Under the same Moon

            Bajor La Misma Luna, Under the same Moon, is a Mexican movie that talks about the journey of an 9 year old kids to get to his mom before Sunday. Carlitos, the nine year old kid is Adrian Alonzo, and his mom is Rosario acted by Kaite Del Castillo. Carlitos was left in the hands of his grandmother when Rosario had to immigrate to the United States to be able to provide to his kid. Carlitos’ dad abandoned him, so all he has left is his grandmother in Mexico.  His mother has two jobs, and calls Carlitos every Sunday from a public phone in East Los Angeles.  When Rosario calls him, Carlitos always asks her how the place where she is standing on is, so Rosario describes it to him. When Carlitos grandma passes away, Carlitos is determine to get to his mother before the next Sunday when his mother will call him only by the description of the corner of East Los Angeles. In this journey he will meet people who will help him and others who will just try to rob him, but at the end with the help of Enrique, Eugenio Dervez, Carlitos is able to get to his mother safe.

              In this movie we can see the struggle families go through to provide to their love one in their native land.  It gives us a visual of the suffering families have when they are apart and when they want to immigrate to the United States illegally. Bajo La Misma Luna is a film that made it to the big screens in the Unites States. Since it was a movie in Spanish it was only shown in selected theater. However this film still brought profit not only to the producer and the cast but the theaters where it was shown. Just in its opening weekend, March 2008, it made $2,770,000 dollars shown in 266 screens. Once again showing their talent, Latinos had made themselves present in the big screens of America. Their talent has not only benefited them but the economy of the U.S. as well when money is being spend here to see a Mexican movie. So, why do our stereotypes have to be negative, when we have proven that not every Latino is lazy and gang member and that we can even bring profit to this country?