Get Ready for the Holidays with this Latine-Filled Film

November 30, 2023

Photo: Lionsgate Films

NHMC Impact Award Honoree, George Lopez & NHMC’s Building Community Panelist, Emily Tosta’s New Film, How the Gringo Stole Christmas Will Have You in the Holiday Spirit!

From Director, Angel Gracia comes How the Gringo Stole Christmas! In everyone’s new holiday favorite film, George Lopez plays “Bennie,” a Mexican father whose Christmas celebration goes from merry to messy when his daughter shows up with her new boyfriend — an uninvited gringo. Writer Ezequiel Martinez Jr. pens this hilarious holiday comedy that features Mariana Treviño, as “Gabbi,” and Emily Tosta, as “Claudia” the daughter who brings home her boyfriend “Leif,” played by Jack Kilmer. 

Video: Lionsgate Movies

In Select Theaters, On Demand and Digital everywhere tomorrow, Friday, December 1, 2023.

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