My Uncle Rafael
- Release Date
- September 21, 2012
- Director
- Marc Fusco
- Cast
- John Michael Higgins , Missi Pyle , Vahik Pirhamzei , Anthony Clark , Rachel Blanchard , Carly Chaikin
- Runtime
- 102
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Scott Yagemann , Vahik Pirhamzei
- Tagline
- America, meet your uncle.
- Website
- http://www.myunclerafael.com/
Summary
A desperate TV producer convinces an old Armenian Uncle to star in a new reality show. Cultures collide when Uncle Rafael is thrown into the Schumacher family household where he has one week to save a broken and dysfunctional American family from falling apart. The only rule-everyone must follow his rules. “It’s rare to find a film that works on so many levels and elicits such a strong, positive audience reaction,” said SBE principal Todd Slater (Ray, Sahara, Chain Letter, Fame & Fortune). “We’re excited to bring ‘Rafael’ to the masses and to touch the consumer who we know will love this film.” With a platform release planned similar to that of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Slater Brothers is building a targeted marketing campaign to expand the film’s reach into the mainstream domestic market. The film will open in several major cities in its opening weekend and then expand from there. “It’s exciting bringing a character from a wildly successful stage play to the big screen, especially such a universal character as Uncle Rafael. Whether you’re black, white, Hispanic, or Asian, you’ll relate to him on some comedic level,” said director Marc Fusco. “As a country of immigrants, we’ve all known or met an ‘Uncle Rafael’ in our lives and probably even learned from him. In this case, he just happens to be Armenian.”
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This comedy centers on an American family forced to invite their estranged Armenian uncle into their home for a reality show.