A Day Without a Mexican (2004)

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Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Release: 2004-05-21
Director: Sergio Arau , Sergio Guerrero
Writers: Sergio Arau , Yareli Arizmendi , Sergio Guerrero
Language: English | Spanish
Stars: Caroline Aaron , Tony Abatemarco , Melinda Allen , Frankie J. Allison , Fernando Arau , Yareli Arizmendi , Todd Babcock , Maria Beck , Yeniffer Behrens , Arell Blanton
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations
AKA: Un giorno senza messicani (Italy) , Un día sin mexicanos (Mexico) , Dzień bez Meksykanów (Poland) , День без мексиканца (Russian Federation) , A Day Without a Mexican , Hova tűntek a mexikóiak? (Hungary) , A Day Without a Mexican (United Kingdom) , Um Dia sem Mexicanos (Brazil) , A Day Without a Mexican (United States of America)
Plot: A thick fog surrounds California's borders, communication beyond state lines is cut off, and the Mexicans disappear: workers, spouses, and business owners are missing. Cars are abandoned in the street, food is left cooking on the stove. We meet the wife of a musician who's gone, a state Senator whose maid doesn't show up for work, and a farm owner whose produce is ripe and unpicked. A scientist asks any Mexicans who haven't disappeared to volunteer for genetic experiments: a female newscaster and the daughter of the musician may be the only missing links around. Why them? And where have all the Mexicans gone? Even the border guards grieve. The state and its economy grind to a halt.
IMDB:tt0377744