Film: Student Films

Production: NYFA, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' (See all 4 roles)

Matías (Supporting)

Company

New York Film Academy
Pablo Vaca, director.

Seeking

Male, ages 23-45, Hispanic

Role Description

Matías: (Supporting) a Latin American immigrant who works in a restaurant as Assistant Cook, is friends with his co-worker Pedro, has lived for a while in America and he now feels he is an American; actor must speak fluent Spanish.

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Production Description

Pablo Vaca (dir.) is casting "Stranger in a Strange Land," a New York Film Academy student thesis film in which Juan, a young Latin American illegal immigrant, begins working as a dishwasher. He attempts to get along with his Latin American co-workers, who reject him at first, before slowly trying to "Americanize" him--but Juan is afraid of changing who he is.