The Bastards

The Bastards

2008•1h 27m•5.4/10

DramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.4/10(35)

A 24 hour period in the lives of Fausto and Jesus, two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in L.A. Each day another task, each day the same pressure to find money. They go about their daily routine, standing on the corner at the Home Improvement Store waiting for work to come. Today, the job they are given is well paid compared to their poor usual wages.

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Production

Mantarraya Producciones, Tres Tunas

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Jesus Moises Rodriguez

Jesus

Rubén Sosa

Fausto

Nina Zavarin

Karen

Kenny Johnston

Kenny Johnston

Construction Boss

David Albaca

Teri Booker

Aron Briggs

Racist BBQ kid

Trevor Glen Campbell

Trevor

Rodolfo Carreon

Darren Collins

Antonio De La Torre

Helena De Lang

Michael De Lang

Erik Deckard

Eric Fettes

Abelardo Gadarrama

Irana De Lang

Samuel Garcia

Brian Gomez

Ernesto Gonzalez

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