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Variety Actors on Actors “Ashes,” a family drama about a young woman who leaves Mexico with her younger brother to reunite with their mother in Spain, was deeply personal to Diego Luna, who directs the film, in addition to co-writing its screenplay. Growing up in Mexico, Luna, best known for playing a swashbuckling rebel fighter in the “Star Wars” series “Andor,” had a deep understanding of the immigrant experience.
“I live in a country that, because of the lack of opportunities, has a lot of people going to the north and leaving their families behind in order to find opportunities,” Luna said via Zoom a few weeks before “Ashes” premieres at the Cannes Film Festival. “They are escaping from violence and poverty.”
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