Film Preview: Casa de Mi Padre

It's Will Ferrell but as you've never seen him before, Casa de Mi Padre is a Spanish-language comedy film which pays homage to the over-dramatic Mexican soap operas that are frequently aired in the US. Ferrell even learnt Spanish to be able to play the role of Armando Alvarez and said it was the hardest role to prefer for with having to speak another language for the whole film.

Armando Alvarez (Will Ferrell) worked on his fathers ranch all his life and is due to take over the whole estate from his father before they run into financial difficulties. His brother Raul (Diego Luna) appears with his fiancée Sonia (Génesis Rodriguez) to pay off all the debts of the ranch but it turns out the money he made is less than legitimate. Everything goes wrong when a Mexican drug lord comes looking for his money and when Armando falls in love with Sonia.

The film is released on Friday 8th June 2012 in the UK and the trailer is embedded below: