City of Dreams (2024)
A Mexican teenager whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are disrupted when his mother dies. He's smuggled across the border with the promise of a better life but is instead sold to a sweatshop in downtown LA.
Top billed cast
Ari LopezJesús
Renata VacaElena
Andrés DelgadoCesar
Diego CalvaCarlitos
Tatiana del RealMarcela
Karla Rodríguez CoronadoNadia
Jorge Antonio GuerreroJosé
Hrach TitizianAram
Jason PatricStevens
Paulina GaitánMaria
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