3 Américas

3 Américas

2007 · 98 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

When tragedy strikes, 16 year old, América Campos is sent to Argentina to live with her anti-American grandmother Lucía América. América struggles to find her place with a grandmother she has never known and to hold onto a friendship with Sergio, a neighbor twice her age.

Directed by Cristina Aurora Kotz Cornejo · Written by Cristina Aurora Kotz Cornejo

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