Foreign Film: Instructions Not Included (Mexico, 2013, 100 minutes)

An Acapulco playboy finds a baby on his doorstep and embraces his newfound role as a parent while also stumbling into a new career as a Hollywood stuntman after moving to Los Angeles to search for the girl’s missing mother. Valentin romanced his fair share of beauties, but he never realized he had become a father until a former lover left him with a screaming infant. The mother nowhere to be found, Valentin sets his sights on L.A., and moves to the city with baby in tow. Over the course of the next six years, Valentin becomes a loving father to his growing daughter Maggie while rising through the ranks of fearless Hollywood stuntmen. Later, when Maggie’s biological mother shows up determined to take back her daughter, Valentin realizes just how much meaning the little girl has brought to his frivolous life, and vows to fight for custody by any means necessary.--All Movie. Admission is free and all are welcome. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.