Under the Same Moon (La misma luna) (2007) La misma luna (original title)

Director:

Patricia Riggen

Writer (WGA):

Ligiah Villalobos (written by)

Release Date:

20 March 2008 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A boy living in Mexico crosses the Mexican/US Border to reunite with his mother.

Plot:

A young Mexican boy travels to the U.S. to find his mother after his grandmother passes away.

Plot Keywords:

Travel | Mexico | Mexican | Boy | Mexican Immigrant

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Adrian Alonso	...	Carlos Reyes 'Carlitos' (as Adrián Alonso)
Kate del Castillo	...	Rosario
Eugenio Derbez	...	Enrique
Maya Zapata	...	Alicia
Carmen Salinas	...	Doña Carmen 'La Coyota'
Angelina Peláez	...	Benita Reyes
Gabriel Porras	...	Paco
America Ferrera	...	Martha
Jesse Garcia	...	David
María Rojo	...	Reyna
Ignacio Guadalupe	...	Leonardo Sánchez Nava
Pailo Heitz	...	Billy
Mario Almada	...	Padrino
Ernesto D'Alessio	...	Oscar
Isaac Bravo	...	Chito
Gustavo Sánchez Parra	...	Manuel
Catalina López	...	Josefina
Yvette Mercedes	...	Agente Patrulla Fronteriza
Jacqueline Voltaire	...	Sra. Mckenzie
Darwyn Roanhorse	...	Dueño Motel
Sonya Smith	...	Sra. Snyder
Jorge Rojas	...	Sr. Snyder
Guillermo Ríos	...	Guero
Gerardo Martínez	...	Immigrante
David Norris	...	Tommy
J. Teddy Garces	...	Policía L.A. #1
Lil Steve Niel	...	Policía L.A. #2 (as Steve Neil)
Sergio Barragán	...	Joven Tatuado
Samuel Loo	...	Hombre Filipino
Mauricio Carmona	...	Indocumentado
Lourdes Vicente	...	Esposa Dueño Motel
Carl Dillard	...	Agente del Border Patrol #2
Barbara May	...	Boletera Autobús
Hiromi Kamata	...	Mesera Supermercado
Eve Muller	...	Sra. L.A. #1
Patricia Floresena	...	Sra. L.A. #2
Norma Pablo	...	Mamá Chito
Boris Kievsky	...	Taxista Ruso
Irineo Alvarez	...	Señor Doblado (as Irineo Álvarez)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Dove	...	El Paso Bus Station Announcer (voice)
Los Tigres del Norte	...	Themselves (uncredited)
Maria Moreno	...	Border Patrol Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Saldana	...	Shifty LA Latino (uncredited)

Directed by
Patricia Riggen

Writing credits (WGA)
Ligiah Villalobos		(written by)

Produced by
Gina Amador	....	post-production producer
Emilia Arau	....	consulting producer
Gerardo Barrera	....	producer
Ram Bergman	....	executive producer
Norman Dreyfuss	....	executive producer
Santiago Garcia Galvan	....	co-producer
Lorenzo O'Brien	....	line producer: Los Angeles
Patricia Riggen	....	producer
Hani Selim	....	executive producer
Checco Varese	....	co-producer
Ligiah Villalobos	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Carlo Siliotto

Cinematography by
Checco Varese

Film Editing by
Aleshka Ferrero

Casting by
Rosalinda Morales
Manuel Teil

Production Design by
Gloria Carrasco
Carmen Giménez Cacho

Makeup Department
Lourdes Delgado	....	hair department head

Production Management
Yvette Gurza	....	production supervisor
Philip Harrelson	....	post-production supervisor
Tlacateotl Mata	....	post-production supervisor
Angeles Morales	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claudia Antonucci	....	local second assistant director
Yvette Gurza	....	first assistant director
Patrick Heyerdahl	....	assistant director
Cory Johnson	....	local first assistant director

Sound Department
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Marcello De Francisci	....	midi programming
Joe Milner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joe Milner	....	supervising sound editor
Derek Mok	....	pre-mixer
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Santiago Núñez	....	sound mixer
Leonel Pedraza	....	sound mixer
Doug Reed	....	foley artist
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Manny Dubon	....	digital effects artist
Christopher Wild Rogers	....	digital intermediate post-production supervisor

Stunts
Santiago Garcia Galvan	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Brady	....	electrician
German Carnero	....	still photographer
Silvio Castillero	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Wilma Gómez Luengo	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Victor Macias	....	Steadicam operator
Conor Murphy	....	second assistant camera: Los Angeles

Casting Department
Jessica Valencia	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Dylan Bond	....	assistant editor
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Gustavo Borner	....	music score mix engineer
Drew DeAscentis	....	music editor
Lynn Fainchtein	....	music supervisor
Santiago Garcia Galvan	....	music producer
Karen Guthery	....	score arranger
Daniel Hamuy	....	midi score programmer
Daniel Hamuy	....	music score mixing
Daniel Hamuy	....	music score producer
Carlo Siliotto	....	music score mixing
Erich Talaba	....	music score mix engineer

Other crew
Noor Ahmed	....	production legal
Maxwell Barrett	....	production assistant
Steve Benezra	....	location manager
Ritchie Steven Filippi	....	assistant production office coordinator
Javier Gonzalez-Rubio	....	associate producer
Erin Heidenreich	....	sales agent
Norberto Nava	....	security advisor
Lourdes Perez Nido	....	production accountant
Sofía Riggen	....	making-of
Kellie Ryan	....	script supervisor
Scott Schulman	....	set production assistant
Amy Smolev	....	production accountant: USA
Michael D. Witman	....	key production assistant: Los Angeles unit
Michael D. Witman	....	production assistant

Thanks
Keith Gore	....	special thanks
Ben Odell	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Creando Films
• Fidecine
• Potomac Pictures
• Weinstein Company, The

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• AZ Gems (2008) (India) (all media)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinetic Media  sales
• Pigfactory  music provided by
• Puget Sound  post-production sound services
• Reder & Feig  production legal services

Also Known As:

"La misma luna" - Mexico (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic elements

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Mexico | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43699) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:13 | Peru:PT | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Creando Films

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the Beginning of the movie, Rosario is marking off a date which she has labeled "Carlito's Cumple" while she speaks in Spanish. There are no apostrophes preceding an "s" in Spanish, and the date should have read "Cumple de Carlitos".

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Episode dated 22 March 2008" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Yippy Dippy (Pigmix)

don't let the politics keep you away from this beautiful film

Do not let the idea of illegal immigration keep you from this film. If you are strongly against illegal immigration, I still recommend watching the film. Overall, it was done extremely well. So even if you are against the characters crossing the border illegally, the movie still won't disappoint. It's extremely touching and the main story is just a son trying to get back to his mother, but faces many obstacles (the border, money issues, untrustworthy people) on the way. It's a lot better than a lot of the American movies that have been coming out weekly. However many people have complained about the reality of such events and the protocol at the Mexico-US border checkpoint, my only advice is to remember that it is a FILM! it never said it was a documentary, so aside from the several "unrealistic" events, the film is lovely and i do recommend it for everyone. if you want to see the more realistic ongoings, please watch Wetback, a documentary on undocumented immigrants from their homeland and crossing to America.