El rey de California

Here's a movie about a guy who really should have stayed inside. Upon release from a mental hospital, a man enlists his teenage daughter to help him find buried Spanish gold underneath a Costco. It's a sweet movie about delusion, and that's about it.

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Mike Cahill directed El rey de California in 2007. See Mike Cahill's full filmography, where to start with Mike Cahill, or where to go after you've seen everything by Mike Cahill.

El rey de California was released in 2007 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 93 minutes.