03 Aug 2005
The Wendell Baker Story
Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Paraiso Travel
Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who motivated by his girlfriend Reina, leaves his comfortable life in Medellin and flees with her through Guatemala and Mexico, across the borders, illegally into the United States.
Top Billed Cast
Angélica Blandón Reina
Pedro Capó Giovanny
Raúl Castillo Carlos
Aldemar Correa Marlon
John Leguizamo Roger Pena
Louis Arcella Ximeno
Margarita Rosa de Francisco Raquel
Ana de la Reguera Milagros Valdez
Gina Hernandez Milagro Family Member
Germán Jaramillo Don Hernan
Ethen Lane Victor
Luis Fernando Múnera Don Pastor
Jesús Ochoa Mexicote driver
Loukas Papas Fernando
Panama Redd Menacing man in car
Federico Rivera Camilo
Vicky Rueda La Calena
Indhira Serrano Madame Taylor
Ana María Sánchez Patricia
Eddie Rosado Los Simpaticos Conga Player
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