Hecho en China
Hecho en China is a 2012 Mexican road comedy-drama film written and directed by Gabriel Guzmán Sánchez, and starring Odiseo Bichir. It is produced by Alejandra Garcia and Antonio Urdapilleta for IMAGYX Entertainment, Canal 22 and IMCINE. It was filmed in Mexico and first released on March 7, 2012 at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.
Plot
Marcos Marquez has just turned 50. He's a serious, respectful, knowing man living in Tijuana, owner of a Chinese restaurant he inherited from his parents. But Marcos isn't thrilled about celebrating his birthday because it reminds him of his vanishing youth dreams.But this time it's different: he's just received an invitation to Clara's wedding, the only girlfriend he ever had, as well as threats from a Chinese mobster who's forcing him to sell his business.
Since he hates flying, Marcos decides to drive to the wedding in Monterrey, Nuevo León. What he doesn't know is that Fernando, his 18-year-old rebellious employee, is riding in his trunk.
When Marcos finds Fernando, they're forced to ride together, pushing Marcos to experience things he's never had the courage to do, realizing that even though he's 50, he's still capable of making his dreams come true.
Cast
- Odiseo Bichir as Marcos Márquez
- Víctor Hernández as Fernando Fernández
- Carlos Cobos as Odiseo
- Eduardo España as George
- Claudia Ramírez as Clara
- Mario Zaragoza as Tony
- Omar Fierro as Homero Garza
- Norma Angélica as Mrs. Gilda
- Taka as Yang Li
- David Loji as Juan Mao
- David Colorado as Nacho
- David Arauza as Policía de Caminos
- Eduardo Cantú as Marcos
- Nancy Zhou as Pei-Pei
- Francisco Colmenero as the Narrator
Production
Hecho en China is one of three winning films of the Primera Convocatoria de Apoyo a la Producción de Largometraje Telefilm Digital organized by Canal 22 and FOPROCINE through IMCINE, to promote the production of Mexican cinema.The film has the sad distinction of having one of the last screen appearances of actor Carlos Cobos, an Ariel Award winner for the film Pastorela, who died months before the film's premiere.