Movies Directed By Alfredo De Villa
Nothing Like the Holidays
Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Peña, Freddy Rodríguez, Luis Guzmán, Jay Hernandez, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Vanessa Ferlito, Melonie Diaz, Alexander Bautista, Ramses Jimenez, Manny Perez, Claudia Michelle Wallace, Cheryl Hamada, Manny Sosa
DIRECTOR:A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.
Adrift in Manhattan
Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, William Baldwin, Elizabeth Peña, Erika Michels, Marlene Forte, Richard Petrocelli, Sam O'Brien, Frank Picarazzi, James P. Stephens, Adrianna Bremont, Stefanie Field, Nicole Kohnen
DIRECTOR:A meditation on isolation and intersection in the big city - the layered story of three characters who find courage to move to the next stage of life through profound encounters with strangers they meet on their daily routes. Rose, an optometrist paralyzed by crushing grief after the death of her infant, has built a wall around herself, unable to relate to her estranged husband or anyone else. When an elderly patient, a painter losing his eyesight, begins to visit her office unannounced, Rose registers how alone he is, urging him to reach out and ask for help—something neither does easily. Meanwhile Simon, a late-blooming teenager with an overbearing mother, photographs people at a distance with a borrowed long lens. One day, Rose, beautiful and melancholy in a vibrant scarf, comes into focus in his camera sight. The pictures he shoots become a conduit for each of them to touch something deep within and expand their confining existence. - Caroline Libresco
Washington Heights
Tomas Milian, Manny Perez, Danny Hoch, Jude Ciccolella, Andrea Navedo, Bobby Cannavale, David Zayas, Callie Thorne, Judy Reyes, Jaime Tirelli, Michael Hyatt, Roberto Sanchez, Sara Ramirez, Fernando Baez, Ray Castellanos
DIRECTOR:In the Latino neighborhood of New York City's Washington Heights, two sons of immigrants one Dominican, one Irish wrestle with ambition and identity, only to discover that sometimes pursuing one's dreams comes at a heavy cost.
