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Acting
Elizabeth Peña and Alfred Molina weaponize decades of chemistry.
Writing
Dialogue that switches English/Spanish mid-sentence, no subtitles needed.
Production
Humbolt Park Chicago as character—specific, lived-in, un-Hollywood.
Director
Alfredo De Villa
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