'City of Dreams,' Real Life Events on Modern Slavery

​A new thrilling film based on real life events, City of Dreams is coming to Video On Demand. A film about a young boy whose dreams are shattered when he's trafficked across the border. Written and directed by Mohit Ramchandani, the film has garnered an outpouring of support and an incredible group of Executive Producers and Ambassadors including Tony Robbins, Luis Fonsi, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mira Sorvino, Sylvester Stallone, Martin Sheen, Mike Tyson and Yalitza Aparicio.  The film stars newcomer Ari López, Renata Vaca (Saw X), Golden Globe® nominee Diego Calva (Babylon, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy, 2023), Paulina Gaitán ("Narcos"), and Jason Patric (The Lost Boys).  

Completing the creative team is executive producer and Oscar nominee Yalitza Aparicio (Roma) and 5-time Latin Grammy Award®-winning Puerto Rican singer, composer, and soap opera actor Luis Fonsi, comes City of Dreams, an unforgettable film inspired by true events and powered by Fonsi's homonymous title track.

Deceived by his father into thinking he is going to a soccer camp, a boy in rural Mexico who dreams of playing for his local soccer team is sold to a sweatshop in Los Angeles and forced to work in grueling, enduring conditions in the deeply affecting, topical film City of Dreams, arriving on Electronic Sell through September 27 and Video on Demand November 1 from Lionsgate.

Here's the Official Synopsis:

City of Dreams follows Jesús, a young Mexican boy whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop making fast fashion in downtown Los Angeles. Forced to adhere to the grueling work schedule dictated by El Jefe, a boss who promises freedom for those who complete their quotas, Jesús finds solace in Elena, a girl who was similarly betrayed and sold into slavery. When she goes missing and another coworker is severely beaten, Jesús realizes that the only way to save himself and the others is to fight back, even if it costs him his life.

City of Dreams will available for the suggested retail prices of $5.99 for Video on Demand, $14.99 for Electronic Sell-Through.

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by IC Mag Editors