When we hear, “City of Dreams” don’t we all hear the names of our dream cities in our minds? How does a person define their dream cities, a place where they can achieve all they wish, live freely, and fulfil their dreams right? However, imagine being taken to your dream city, but it’s nothing like you imagined. You’re forced to overwork. Heartbreaking right? Such is the plot of the upcoming Hollywood movie, “City of Dreams” set to release in the theatres on 30th August 2024.
The movie, directed by Mohit Ramchandani, stars Ari Lopez as Jesus, besides Renata Vaca, Alfredo Castro, Paulina Gaitàn and many more.
City Of Dreams Plot
The plot of the film revolves around the life of a Mexican boy Jesus who dreams to be a soccer player. He is sent by his family, giving him hopes of fulfilling his goals. However, reality hits the boy midway and all his dreams are broken to pieces when he is trafficked across the border, and is sold to a sweatshop. There, he is forced to work, and overwork by his master throughout.
The film is a beautiful one and covers one of the most sensitive topics, of ” modern slavery”. The trailer of the film was released, that gives us an idea of the problems these children face, when they are made to work for 18-20 hours a day and no one fights backs. Until one day, when Jesus chose to fight and take a stand after he saw his co-worker being beaten severely.
City of Dreams Quotes and Dialogues
1. Jesus, give it your best in the new world.
2. Our powerful and grateful lord. Protect this child. And guide him to his destiny.
3. It’s the right decision for your whole family.
4. You think you’re going to run out onto the pitch tomorrow? No no no no.
5. – Any reason you roll through that stop?
– I’m sorry.
– That your son? Got any ID for the boy?
6. Rise and shine homie rise and shine.
7. First shift 6:30, second shift 12:30, last shift 21 and boom lights out up midnight.
8. – I know there’s more of them in there.
– Well fake passport isn’t going to cut.
9. These people have no criminal history whatsoever.
10. We’ve got evidence that they’re harboring illegals.
11. I quit poking around catch my drift.
12. What is this the truth? The truth is that as much as we want to be free, we live and we die, together. This is America.
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City of Dreams Movie Trailer
You can gauge the significance of this film from the fact that a prominent U.S. leader, Vivek Ramaswamy, shared its trailer on his YouTube channel, and he is also one of its producers.
Conclusion
We can already sense the beauty and the importance of this film, as the trailer of the film has also been shared by “Vivek Ramaswamy” the executive producer of the film. Sharing his views he said, the film is one of the most important ones of this time, inspired by a true story. One of the most beautiful lines said by Mr Ramaswamy was, “An American dream has become an American nightmare for a huge number of people.” Along with this, the list of producers for this film also includes names like Tony Robbins.
If you are someone who wishes to raise a voice against these malpractices but never got a chance, City of Dreams is going to be your voice. These dialogues and the trailer must have definitely given you an idea and an assurance, that this movie is not only going to keep its audience glued to the screen, but also make them feel uncomfortable, overwhelmed but inspired. This movie is an attempt to raise awareness about the problem, that is hidden amidst the chaos of the world.