Al otro lado

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Al otro lado
Directed by Gustavo Loza
Produced by Elisa Salinas
Written by Gustavo Loza
Starring Adrian Alonso
Carmen Maura
Jorge Milo
Vanessa Bauche
Music by Hector Ruiz Quintanar
Cinematography Gerónimo Denti
Patrick Murguia
Serguei Saldívar Tanaka
Editing by Roberto Bolado
Juan Fernández
Distributed by Flag of Mexico Imcine
Release date(s) June 1, 2005
Running time 90 min.
Language Spanish
IMDb profile

Al otro lado is a Mexican film directed by Gustavo Loza. The film follows the story of three children, one from Mexico, Cuba, and Morocco, as they attempt to deal with realities of immigration in their societies. The film won three awards at the Lleida Latin-American Film Festival in 2006, including Best Film and the Audience Award; Vanessa Bauche won best actress at the festival for her performance. Al otro lado was also the Mexican candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but was not selected as one of the final five nominees.