Taglines: There’s no running from family.
Half Brothers Movie Storyline. In 1994, Mexico, Young Renato Murguia’s father Flavio has to immigrate to the US in search of economic opportunity. Although Flavio promises to return soon, he does not. Twenty-five years later, Renato is a successful executive of an aviation company in Mexico, and is engaged to Pamela who already has a son Emilio. Renato is contacted by a woman named Katherine, who says she is Flavio’s wife. She tells him that Flavio is very ill and wishes for Renato to see him in Chicago. Renato is still angry at his father for never returning all those years, but reluctantly ends up going to Chicago.
At a coffee shop, a goofy man named Asher is trying to make a social media video and attempting to get a free coffee. When he doesn’t have money, he asks Renato to spot him. Renato refuses, and when Asher presses him, Renato steps up to order his coffee and pay for all the doughnuts on the counter.
Renato meets Flavio at the hospital for the first time in decades. Asher enters the room and turns out, he is Flavio’s son too. Flavio reveals to the two men that they are brothers. Both of them are displeased but Flavio asks them to do one last favor for him, to look for Eloise, after delivering an envelope to a man named Evaristo.
Flavio dies the next day. Renato attends the funeral. Asher tries to convince him to fulfill their father’s dying wish, but Renato still doesn’t want to. He leaves the funeral but eventually relents and turns around to tell Asher to pick him up the next day from his hotel so they can head out.
On the road, Renato falls asleep and wakes up at a goat farm, finding Asher running toward the car with a small goat as three men with rifles chase Asher. The guys make it out of there, but Renato yells at Asher for stopping just for a goat farm. To make matters worse, they are even further away from Evaristo. After the detour, they make it to an old factory where Flavio worked with Katherine, and Renato is stunned to see that they specialized in remote controlled airplanes. They meet a man who tells them to find Evaristo at a bar.
Half Brothers is a 2020 American comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield from a screenplay by Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman. It stars Luis Gerardo Méndez, Connor Del Rio, José Zúñiga, Vincent Spano, Pia Watson and Juan Pablo Espinosa. The film was released on December 4, 2020, by Focus Features.
The film grossed $720,000 from 1,369 theaters in its opening weekend, finishing second at the box office. It remained in second in its sophomore weekend, falling 30% to $490,000. On its third weekend it earned $200,000 more.
Half Brothers (2020)
Directed by: Luke Greenfield
Starring: Luis Gerardo Méndez, Connor Del Rio, José Zúñiga, Vincent Spano, Pia Watso, Juan Pablo Espinosb, Jwaundace Candece, Ashley Poole, Nohelia Sosa, Alaina Warren Zachary, Stephanie Hill
Screenplay by: Eduardo Cisneros, Jason Shuman
Production Design by: RA Arancio-Parrain
Cinematography by: Thomas Scott Stanton
Film Editing by: Joe Mitacek
Costume Design by: Daniela Moore
Set Decoration by: Adrian Segura
Art Direction by: Marcelo Del Rio
Music by: Jordan Seigel
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and strong language.
Distributed by: Focus Features
Release Date: December 4, 2020
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