PREVIEW: Blue Miracle (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jimmy Gonzales (Aztec Warrior), Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow), Bruce McGill (The Insider), Raymond Cruz (The Curse of La Llorona), Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Tombstone), Fernanda Urrejola (Metro Cuadrado), Anthony Gonzalez (Coco), Nathan Arenas (Wyrm), Chris Doubek (I Blame Society), Isaac Arellanes (Cucuy: The Boogeyman), Frank Gallegos (Lean on Pete), Miguel Angel Garcia (film debut), Silverio Palacios (Sundown), Tom Clark (Ray), Steve Gutierrez (film debut), Mario Cersósimo (Amalgama), Krista Moorman (Run the Race), Marcos Sánchez (Qué León)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Julio Quintana (The Vessel), director, writer; Chris Dowling (Run the Race), writer; Javier Chapa (Aztec Warrior), Chris George (Act of Valour), Ben Howard (Josephine), Darren Moorman (Same Kind of Different as Me) and Trey Reynolds (The Victor Marx Story), producers; Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups), composer; Santiago Benet Mari (¿Quién Eres Tú?), cinematographer; editor TBA

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Baja, Mexico, Omar Venegas (Gonzales) is the caretaker of the Casa Hogar orphanage, where he devotes his life to raising his young boys with integrity. However, when a hurricane blows through and threatens to put the orphanage into foreclosure, Venegas and his boys pin their last hopes on winning the prize money from the infamous Bisbee’s Black & Blue fishing tournament…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The inspiring true story of the boys and caretakers of Casa Hogar is given the triumphant crowd-pleasing movie treatment, which will no doubt leave you with an uplifted heart as well as a real sense of pride and joy for a truly unlikely group of fishing champions.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 27TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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