The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez Page #7

Synopsis: Ernest Borgnine plays Rex Page, an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he ends up in a nursing home staffed by Latin American immigrants. Put off by the situation, Rex focuses his energy on getting out, which places him at odds with the Latino workers. However, their relationship takes on new meaning when it is discovered that he once shook hands with Vicente Fernandez, a Mexican singer, producer and actor idolized throughout Latin culture. The employees soon begin to treat Rex like the celebrity he's always dreamed of being.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Director(s): Elia Petridis
Production: Indican Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
99 min
$9,890
Website
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I think it's mean

I don't get to see him anymore

oh yeah.

that happened to my grandpa too.

my mom was really sad.

He was an acountant.

- What did your grandpa do?

- my grandpa, he's a cowboy, a law man

just like me.

Where do my hat get to?

my grandpa said these woods

are filled to the brim with bandits

and I aim to catch every last one of them

I could use a deputy.

you're looking for a job, muchacho

Here, keep it close, shoot her right,

she'll never let you down

- What's your name, friend?

- Marc.

I'll call you

(alpha EI Pico Lindo???), from now on

because you're kinda small

Small is good.

means you're fast, that's why

I've got a feeling that you

could be on the fastest (guns I ever grope | rope???) this

Did he have a name?

Your grandfather.

you're sure did. he had a few

but no one ever called him by them lately

what they did call him?

- you're telling me ...

- Yes.

My grandpa was the man

who shook the hand of

Vicente Fernandez.

the end

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Elia Petridis

Elia Petridis (born in Paris, France) is a Lebanese-Greek film director and screenwriter, known for The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez, and for his work in transmedia and virtual reality production. He is the founder and creative director of film production company Filmatics and the transmedia production company Fever Content. more…

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