Un día sin mexicanos
(DVD)

Based on "A day without a Mexican: a mockumentary" by Yareli Arizmendi and Sergio Arau.

Special features: Behind "A Day Without a Mexican" [featurette] (47 min.); Outtakes (3 min.); "Sin desir adios" [music video] (4 min.); The original short (29 min.); Original trailer (2 min.); TV spots (1 min.); Also from Xenon [previews] (8 min.).

Director of photography, Alan Caudillo ; editor, Daniel A. Fort ; music, Juan J. Colomer ; production designer, Anthony Rivero Stabley.

Caroline Aaron, Tony Abatemarco, Melinda R. Allen, Frankie Jay Allison, Fernando Arau, Yareli Arizmendi, Todd Babcock, Maria Beck, Yeniffer Behrens, Arell Blanton, Cassidy Paige Bringas, Brian Brophy, Maria Camporredondo Neeley, Elpidia Carrillo, Larry Carroll, Suzette Craft, Maureen Flannigan, Suzanne Friedline, Jonathan Fuller, Luis Garcia, Joaquín Garrido, John Getz, Carlos Gomes, Will Greenberg, Santiago Guerrero, Raul A. Hinojosa, Sabrina Howard, Charles Kahlenberg, Baron Kelly, Shishir Kurup, Karen Ve Londa, Cyndi Martinez, Dori Mizrahi, Bru Miller, Rick Najera, Steven Nevius, Eduardo Palomo, Christian Parizeau, Ryan Quintana, Salli Saffioti, Mary Beth Scherr, Leon Singer, Jason Stuart, Jessie Thacker, Sylvia Thompson, Muse Watson, Dawn Westlake, Michael White, Gwendoline Yeo, Ogie Zuluela.

A thick fog surrounds California's borders, communication beyond state lines is cut off, and the Mexicans disappear: workers, spouses, and business owners are missing. Cars are abandoned in the street, food is left cooking on the stove. We meet the wife of a musician who's gone, a state Senator whose maid doesn't show up for work, and a farm owner whose produce is ripe and unpicked. A scientist asks any Mexicans who haven't disappeared to volunteer for genetic experiments. A female newscaster and the daughter of the musician may be the only missing links around. Why them? And where have all the Mexicans gone?

MPAA Rating: Rated R for language and brief sexuality.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround, 2.0 stereo; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.

In Spanish or English with subtitles in Spanish.