Star Maps directed by Miguel Arteta

Miguel Arteta

Miguel Arteta is a Puerto Rican director of film and television, known for his independent film Chuck & Buck , for which he received the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.-Early life:...

, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. It was a critical hit, receiving five Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.

Cast

• Douglas Spain
  Douglas Spain
  Douglas Spain is an American film and television actor, director and producer. In 1998 Spain was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Debut Performance for his role in the film Star Maps...
  
  ... Carlos Amado
• Efrain Figueroa... Pepe Amato
• Kandeyce Jorden... Jennifer
• Lysa Flores... Maria Amato
• Annette Murphy... Letti
• Martha Veléz
  Martha Veléz
  Martha Carmen Josephine Hernandéz Rosario de Veléz is an American singer and actress of Puerto Rican descent. Veléz is the former wife of famous trumpet player Keith Johnson. Her son is performance artist,writer/poet, singer, Taj Johnson. Taj appeared as series regular for two years on Parker...
  
  ... Teressa Amato
• Robin Thomas
  Robin Thomas
  Robin Thomas is an American film and television actor.He was born Robin Thomas Grossman in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. His best-known television roles are as Mark Singleton in the soap opera Another World , and as Geoffrey Wells on the 1980s series Who's the Boss?...
  
  ... Martin
• Vincent Chandler... Juancito Amato
• Al Vincente... Fred Marin
• Zak Penn
  Zak Penn
  Zak Penn is an American screenwriter and director. Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness, The Grand, and co-wrote the script for X-Men: The Last Stand. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of Alphas.-Early life:...
  
  ... Carmel County Writer

Plot

Allegorical tale about the gap that exists between East and West Los Angeles as Latino kids try to pursue the American Dream. After five years of living in Mexico, an 18-year-old youth returns to Los Angeles with aspirations of becoming a movie star. At the urging of his father, a pimp who sells maps to stars' homes as a cover, the young man turns to hustling as a way to meet Hollywood insiders. Things start to look up when he hooks up with a daytime soap opera producer. However his overbearing father (Who is also the one pimping him out for money.) and his mentally unstable mother threaten to get in the way of his dreams.