Article: Victor Rasuk: his lip-smackin' upstart seduced audiences at the sundance film festival. Your town may be next. (Movie Buzz).(Interview)

In his feature debut as the title character in Raising Victor Vargas, 19-year-old Victor Rasuk gives an extraordinary performance: vulnerable, funny, and filled with subtleties one associates with more seasoned actors. Growing up on the streets of Manhattan's Lower East Side, Rasuk's Vargas is left to figure out the stuff of family, friends, and the opposite sex on his own.

In this film about relationships, Rasuk says it was the special, off-camera bonds that "made it work." And there are several such connections: His real-life younger brother, Silvestre, plays Vargas' younger brother in the film, and Rasuk and costar Judy Marte were classmates at New York's ...

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