Mosquita y Mari

This film tells the story of two 15-year-old Chicanas growing up in a predominately Hispanic immigrant neighborhood in Los Angeles. When Yolanda ("Mosquita") meets her new neighbor Mari, all they see in each other are their differences. As the only-child to older, immigrant parents, Yolanda's only concern is securing her college-bound future. Street-wise Mari works to help her undocumented family stay above water. But a serious incident at school brings them together when Mari is threatened with expulsion after saving Yolanda. Determined to pay off her debt, Yolanda convinces Mari to let her tutor her after school. Mari and Yolanda forge a friendship that soon proves more complex and sensual than anticipated. Pushed to the edge, Yolanda and Mari are faced with taking hold of their own lives. (Zlín Film Festival)