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Choking Man

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Choking Man
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NR,1hr 24min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
November 9, 2007
Director:
Steven Barron
Distributor:
IFC
Starring:
Kate Buddeke, Octavio Gómez Berríos, Eugenia Yuan  ...more
Synopsis: A man finds himself caught between several worlds -- rough real life and a number of parallel fantasy lands -- in this blend of drama and fantasy. Jorge (Octavio Gómez Berríos) is a painfully shy young man from Ecuador who has immigrated to the United States. Jorge keeps body and soul together by washing dishes at a greasy-spoon diner in a Queens, NY, neighborhood that's dominated by a wide variety of fellow immigrants. Jorge spends most of his days at work being harassed by Rick (Mandy Patinkin), ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Buening, AMG Review

1980s music-video maestro Steve Barron ("Billie Jean," "Take on Me") takes the plunge into indie digital-video dramas in this portrait of pathologically shy Salvadorian immigrant Jorge (Octavio Gómez Berrios) in Jamaica, Queens. The diner where Jorge works is staffed by a multicultural cross-section teetering on the brink of stereotype anchored by Mandy Patinkin's solid performance as the diner's

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