March 01--The 32nd Chicago Latino Film Festival kicks off in April with a screening of "Illusions S.A.," a comedy about illusions and reality starring Jaime Camil, an actor widely known to Latino audiences and perhaps best known in the U.S. as a regular on CW's "Jane the Virgin" as Jane's overly theatric, formerly estranged soap star father.
Here is the fest's description of it's opening night film:
"Set in Campeche, Mexico in the 1950s, 'Illusions S.A.' centers around an agency that turns your deepest fantasies, wishes and even lies into reality. A noble grandfather has, through fictitious letters, lied to his wife about the true nature of his grandson who left their house more than 20 years ago. After the grandson apparently dies when the ship carrying him back to Mexico sinks in the ocean, the firm's director (Camil) and a recent recruit (Adriana Louvier) take on the mission of posing as the grandson and his wife. But things get out of hand when the real grandson pops up with demands of his own."
The Chicago Latino Film Festival runs April 8-21 and will screen more than 100 feature-length and short films from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the U.S. (Films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles.)
For more information go to chicagolatinofilmfestival.org.
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