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'Sangre de mi Sangre'

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The grimy elegance of this Sundance award winner (under its old title, "Padre Nuestro") elevates it well above the standard-issue immigrant drama. So does its Shakespearean plotline: Smuggling himself to New York to meet the father he's never known, Pedro (Jorge Adrián Espíndola) befriends Juan (Armando Hernández), who steals the sleeping Mexican's bag, leaving him penniless and lost.

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