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Sundance fav ‘Padre’ gets picked up by IFC
It's been a long wait since the film's Park City triumphs, but finally Padre Nuestro has been bought up domestically by indie powerhouse IFC First Take. Writer-director Christopher Zalla's thriller centers on Juan (Armando Hernandez), a man running from Mexican mobsters who hops a van smuggling illegal aliens to New York and meets innocent fellow traveler Pedro (Jorge Adrian Espindola). Pedro is searching for his father (Jesus Ochoa) in hopes of handing over an unopened letter from his dead mother but awakens one day to find his belongings — and his identity — stolen by Juan.
The film will get a Spring release.