Cultural: Amexicano

The movie Amexicano is about an American man named Bruno who needs a new job because he’s broke. His friend gives him a job, put he needs another man to help with the job. He goes to a street corner where the jobless Hispanics stand everyday, waiting for a job opportunity and finds a young man named Ignacio who is able to work with him. The two men work together for many days on construction projects and they sometimes go out together for fun. One day at work, their boss blamed Ignacio for stealing one of his tools from his car and he fired him from the job. Later on, Ignacio gets stabbed and Bruno takes him to the hospital even though Ignacio says not to because he will get deported. But instead of letting him die, Bruno takes him to the hospital where he’s told he will be deported from the United States because he’s an immigrant. After he’s deported, Bruno tries to go and rescue him again so he can go back to his sister in the states, but while searching for him, Bruno finds Ignacio dead in the desert because of dehydration.

This movie is very realistic in showing Mexicans illegally living in the United States. They all are looking for jobs, and many stand on corners and streets waiting for someone to come pick them up to give them a job. Many times, Hispanics get blamed for things they don’t do, causing them to be deported. It’s really easy for an American to get a Hispanic in trouble because they are the minority. In terms of education, this movie teaches American characters how to speak Spanish and teaches Hispanic characters to speak English. The dialect in the movie is very degrading, but it only shows how these people actually speak. In reality, this movie tells the truth about the life of illegal Hispanics in America. There’s a lot of crime and violence in their life, but living in the United States will always be the prominent choice for a better life for them and their families.