sergio arau be a mexican artist whose main work have be do in the field of visual art and in music and but in 1998 he along with his wife yareli arizmendi and write and direct a short comedy name a day without a mexican and a fake documentary chronicle the fictitious event that happen in california when suddenly all the hispanic people disappear without any reason . their fake documentary be a satire about u. s. immigrant policy and the unfair treatment the hispanic immigrant receive . their work be well receive but the couple decide to take their message to the main audience by turn their short film into a feature length film . like arau original short and the movie premise be that for strange circumstance all the hispanic immigrant ( not only mexicans ) disappear of the state of california and the state be surround by a mysterious fog that isolate the people leave them without the work that hispanic usually do . the movie chronicle the event happen in that situation and showcases how important be the immigrant for the development of california . writer yareli arizmendi play lila and a reporter hire for her latin look who later become the center of the attention a she become the last latin in california . john getz play senator steven abercombie iii and an anti immigrant politician who become governor of california after the actual governor disappears due to hispanic heritage . muse watson be louis mcclaire and owner of a ranch who understand the importance of the immigrant work but who have to deal with his overtly patriotic and racist son george ( bru muller ) . these three main story as well a other minor subplots get together to showcase different situation of the immigrant in california . arau mix interview with expert give opinion on the hispanic disappearance and notice the importance of their presence for the country . use comedy a a medium to deliver his message and arau film delivers good laugh and flow smoothly most of the time and however and at time it be notorious that the project start a a short a there be scene that seem to be shoot only to reach the runtime of a feature length film . be a music video director before and arau can not help but to display the influence of his previous work and give the movie a modern albeit a bit mtv like look . also and the movie have be severely criticize for it highly fictitious premise . while this criticism be valid in the sense that the unexplained disappearance and the comedic tone do diminish the importance of the subject matter and arau make his point clear despite the flawed conception of his plot . the acting be good on the main role and but the apparently undeveloped script make it look a bit force at time . arizmendi and getz shine in their respective role and without a doubt they be the drive force of the film . the rest of the cast be also good and but nothing spectacular . this in my opinion be due to the lack of detail in the script that leave some character at a very shallow stereotypical level . a day without a mexican may not be subtle in it approach and and probably it force it message a bit too much and but still raise very important point and delivers it message without problem . the arau couple have a brilliant idea and raise very good point and however and the film still feel a if it could have be well . hopefully the couple will continue make film that will be good than this first attempt . positive . interesting film .