Casi casi

Casi casi (2006)

All's fair in love, war, and high school.

Emilio is a normal teenager who somehow finds himself being sent to the principal's office every other week. He has a crush on Jacklynne, the most popular girl in school, so he decides to run for Student Council President in order to impress her. To his horror, Emilio discovers after announcing his candidacy that Jacklynne will be running for office against him.

Date of release
2006-03-18
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Tony Vallés, Jaime Vallés

Casting

Interesting facts

Casi casi is a 2006 Puerto Rican film written and directed by brothers Jaime and Tony Vallés. It was released in Puerto Rico in early 2007.

Production

First-time directors, Jaime and Tony Vallés, had some experience working in theater. However, they had never made a movie before. They studied filmmaking through books and the Internet.

To make the film, they approached members of their own family, among them the Puerto Rican actress, Marian Pabón, and Mario Pabón. Most of the cast were inexperienced actors taken directly from school, in order to give a feeling of naturalness and spontaneity to the film.

The auditions for the teenage cast were held in three private schools in San Juan, Puerto Rico:

Academia del Perpetuo Socorro (location of most of the film, and the film's directors' alma mater)

Some of the novice actors, like Ricardo Arias, had to be persuaded by the directors. The directors were forced to fill the role of María Eugenia with a replacement, Irene Lucio.

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