Casa de Mi Padre

Casa de Mi Padre English House of My Father or simply My Fathers House is a 2012 Spanishlanguage American comedy film. The film stars Will Ferrell, Gael Garca Bernal, Diego Luna and Gnesis Rodrguez with Matt Piedmont directing a screenplay written by Andrew Steele. The film has been described to be in the style of an overly dramatic telenovela and tells the story of Armando lvarez, who must save his fathers ranch from a powerful drug lord. Casa de Mi Padre was released on March 16, 2012.

In August 2010, Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Carmao Loquet of NALA Films announced that they were teaming up with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum of Gary Sanchez Productions to produce the Spanishlanguage comedy, Casa de Mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell. NALA Films was to finance the project it was set to start filming in September 2010 in California. Producer Darlene Caamano Loquet stated, We are just thrilled he Ferrell is on board and are moving full steam ahead since we have one month to teach him Spanish.In October 2010, it was reported that Gael Garca Bernal and Diego Luna had joined the cast along with Gnesis Rodrguez, Pedro Armendriz, Jr., Hector Jimenez, and Adrian Martinez. Bernal will play a family friend, Luna will play Ferrells brother and Rodriguez will play Ferrells love interest. Matt Piedmont, a frequent collaborator with Will Ferrell, was named as the films director. It was also reported that the plot will be told in an overly dramatic telenovela style and feature English subtitles. In January 2011, a synopsis of the plot was released along with a report that the title changed to Untitled Spanish Comedy. However, in April 2011, a teaser trailer for the film was released under the name Casa de Mi Padre. ........

Source: Wikipedia