The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012)
• April 27th, 2012 • 1h 39min
Western, Comedy, Drama
Overview
Rex is an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he ends up in a nursing home staffed by Latin American immigrants. Put off by the situation, he focuses his energy on getting out, which places him at odds with the Latino workers. However, their relationship takes on new meaning when it is discovered that he once shook hands with Vicente Fernandez, a Mexican singer, producer and actor idolized throughout Latin culture. The employees soon begin to treat Rex like the celebrity he's always dreamed of being.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Horst Lichter - Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher
Released on: 2022-01-09
Drama, Family, TV Movie
Based on the bestselling biography: Entertainer Horst Lichter has barely had time to relax on his ho...
Mata-ne
Released on:
Drama
A distant son rejects reuniting with his father only to cerebrate their relationship and lack of mem...
Watusi Zombie!
Released on: 2024-12-14
Comedy
Set in Kochi right before the pandemic, micro-celebrity and boy genius Gabriel finds himself in the ...
Another Time
Released on: 2018-04-24
Drama, Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
Eric, the top investment manager at his firm, is assigned to help Julia, the stunning owner of a rec...
The Ticket
Released on: 2016-10-09
Drama
A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession fo...
The Gilded Lily
Released on: 1935-01-25
Comedy, Romance
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her bes...
Body
Released on: 2015-01-20
Drama, Comedy
A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga, who is still grieving her recently decease...
Gideon's Daughter
Released on: 2005-10-21
TV Movie, Drama
Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring ...
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
Released on: 2004-06-18
Comedy, Documentary, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the ...
Touch and Go
Released on: 1986-08-22
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Chicago hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off h...
Oh, Canada
Released on: 2024-12-06
Drama
Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft e...
Cafe Funiculi Funicula
Released on: 2018-09-21
Fantasy, Drama
Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a spec...
Waves
Released on: 2019-11-15
Romance, Drama
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire afte...
For You
Released on: 2024-07-06
Drama, Romance
A coroner reunites with a great love from the past, realizing that the memories are more vivid than ...
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Released on: 2011-06-06
Documentary, Drama
The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby ...
The Cross Giveth,
Released on: 2025-02-28
Drama
A young actor, trapped in an abusive film set, starts spiraling in an anxiety induced attack and ref...
A Life In The Shadows
Released on: 2025-08-09
Drama, Mystery
Birgit is a pastor who has always lived a quiet, predictable life, closely following the path laid o...
Stalin
Released on: 1992-11-21
Drama, History, War, TV Movie
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of An...
The Second Oldest Man Alive
Released on: 2025-10-12
Drama
While reading a book of world records with his great-grandchildren, William Bennett discovers that t...