What is the film My Name Is Nero about, and who stars in it?
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Rafi Pitts wrote and directed My Name Is Nero, which stars Johnny Ortiz as Nero Maldonado.
- The film follows a 19-year-old Mexican deportee who returns to the United States and enlists in the Army to seek citizenship.
- Nero is sent to the Middle East, where he confronts the realities of military service and war; the film has an IMDb rating of 6.3 out of 10.
My Name Is Nero, also known as Soy Nero, centers on Nero Maldonado, a 19-year-old Mexican man deported from the United States. He returns illegally and joins the U.S. Army, hoping to gain citizenship through military service.
Directed and written by Rafi Pitts, the film follows Nero after he is sent to the Middle East. There, he encounters what the story presents as the real face of being a soldier and of war.
Johnny Ortiz plays Nero Maldonado. The cast also includes Rory Cochrane, Khleo Thomas, Michael Harney, Aml Ameen, Joel McKinnon Miller and Alex Frost. The film's IMDb rating is 6.3 out of 10.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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