Padre Nuestro

Pedro, a young Mexican man, smuggles himself over the American border in a truck heading for New York City to finally meet his long-lost father. On the truck, he befriends an unscrupulous and opportunistic fellowcountryman, named Juan. Pedro shows his new friend the letter of introduction that his dead mother wrote, which states the Pedro’s identity and contains his father’s address. When Pedro falls asleep during the journey, Juan steals all of his possessions, including the letter. Pedro is thrown into despair when he wakes up and realizes he has no money and only a vague notion of where his father might live. In the grim underbelly of New York – hungry, tired, and bereft of his identity – he faces a life in the gutter. Meanwhile, gold-digger Juan seeks out Pedro’s father, acting like the lost son. With directorial debut “Padre Nuestro”, Christopher Zalla tells a contemporary story of need, dependence and affection from the outsider’s point of view. He also paints a picture of New York as a city of hope and of strangers.

Nordic Premiere