Number Eighty
2016 · 0h 23m · Drama
Watch it. This is a quietly powerful story about displacement and belonging that uses the motorcycle restoration as a perfect metaphor for self-discovery. The premise is intimate and emotionally honest—exactly the kind of character-driven drama that rewards your attention on a night when you want something real.
Plot
Chano is deported back to Mexico after living most of his life as an ilegal immigrant in the USA. Now, away from his wife and kids, he lives alone and depressed in the country where he is supposed to belong. While rebuilding an old motorcycle with Don Memo, a retired motorcycle racer, with whom he is forced to work, he will discover where his real home is.
Director: Juan Manuel Zuñiga
Cast: Fernando Rojas, Guillermo Maciel, Ángeles Cruz, Gustavo Vallejo, Gerardo Taracena