Mosquita y Mari

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  • Opened August 3, 2012 (NY)
  • 1 hr 25 min

  • Set in a predominately Mexican, immigrant neighborhood in Los Angeles, MOSQUITA Y MARI tells the story of two 15-year-old Chicanas growing up in H.P.—Huntington Park. When Yolanda Olveros (“Mosquita”) meets her new neighbor, Mari Rodriguez, all they see in each other are their differences. As a sheltered, only-child to her older, immigrant parents, Yolanda’s sole concern is securing her college-bound future. Street-wise Mari hustles to help her undocumented family stay above water. But despite Yolanda and Mari's contrasting approach to survival, an incident at school brings them together and thrusts them into a unexpectedly complex and sensual friendship. Lost in their private world of unspoken affection, lingering gazes, and heart-felt confessions of uncertain futures, Yolanda's grades begin to slip while Mari's focus drifts away from her duties at a new job. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Fenessa Pineda, Venecia Troncoso, Laura Patalano, Joaquin Garrido, Dulce Maria Solis
  • Director: Aurora Guerrero
  • Genres: Drama

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Variety
| Rob Nelson

First-time writer-director Aurora Guerrero beautifully captures the fluctuating dynamics of friendship between 15-year-old girls in Mosquita y Mari. Read full review

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New York Post
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Guerrero's attitude toward the teenagers - understanding and affectionate, without being cloying - is what holds your interest. Read full review

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Slant Magazine
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Most of what transpires between the two girls feels as internal as something you only keep to yourself. Read full review

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The New York Times
| Stephen Holden

Ms. Pineda and Ms. Troncoso give wonderfully natural performances in which they convey the impulsiveness and insecurity of adolescence. You are uncomfortably reminded of what it feels like to be 15. Read full review

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A scene from "Mosquita y Mari."