Roadside Attractions has released the official trailer for the drama Bob Trevino Likes It [BTLIT]. Barbie Ferreira stars as a woman searching for her estranged father and forms a bond with a different man with the same name, played by John Leguizamo [JLEGU]. Written and directed by Tracie Laymon, the film won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Award at SXSW. Bob Trevino Likes It opens in select theaters on March 21st.
Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child and then suddenly by her father in her twenties. Bob Trevino works long hours alone at a construction company to support his wife Jeanie’s scrapbooking habit. The couple has endured a lot in the past decade, and Bob has sought to put his wife first, to the point of ignoring his own feelings and need for friendship, meaning, and connection, That is, until he gets an unexpected Facebook message from a stranger. Lily and Bob’s blossoming friendship becomes a vital source of connection and healing in both their lives. Bob’s small acts of fatherly kindness fill a familial void in Lily's life and hold the power to change her direction forever. In their own ways, these two must both learn they are worthy of extraordinary love exemplified through small acts of kindness.