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Release Date: 2002

Cast: Krystal Rodriguez, Altagracia Guzman, Kevin Rivera, Donna Maldonado, Judy Marte, Silvestre Rasuk, Wilfree Vasquez, Melonie Diaz, Victor Rasuk

Categories: Movies, Coming of age, Romance Film, Comedy-drama, Indie, Romantic drama

Raising Victor Vargas is a 2002 film directed by Peter Sollett, written by Sollett and Eva Vives. The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, who is very careful and calculating when it comes to how she deals with men. In a subplot, we also see Judy's friend Melonie in her own romantic adventure. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film... MORE

Raising Victor Vargas is a 2002 film directed by Peter Sollett, written by Sollett and Eva Vives. The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him. Along the way he tries to win the affections of Judy, who is very careful and calculating when it comes to how she deals with men. In a subplot, we also see Judy's friend Melonie in her own romantic adventure. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Victor is a teenager growing up in the Lower East Side of New York. He is a cocky young man, very sure of himself in his love life. He lives in a small apartment with his strict grandmother, bratty sister Vicki, and his younger brother Nino, who is just coming into his own sexuality and looks up to his girl-crazy brother highly. At the beginning of the film, Victor is found in the bedroom of Fat Donna, a girl that many in the neighborhood consider overweight. Word quickly spreads throughout the community amongst his friends, although Victor continuously denies it happened. As this is a huge threat to LESS