
| AFI Winner: Best Director Frank J. Schaffner Fellowship Award & Houston Worldfest Platinum Award: Comedy and Best Original Short Film |

(Avg. 3.5)The Mexican Dream is a tragic comedy film, written and directed by Gustavo Hernández Pérez, inspired by true events. The film stars Jesús Chuy Pérez as Ajileo Barajas, an illegal alien who in many ways represents a modern Don Quixote in pursuit of becoming a Movie star.