Movies and TvShows featuring "small-town-hero" theme.

Lazybones is a movie set in a small town in 1925. The story revolves around a man who becomes embroiled in a scandal and uncovers a family secret. It explores themes of small-town gossip, family relationships, and the consequences of a domineering mother. The protagonist tries to vindicate himself while navigating the narrow-mindedness of the community.

An outcast, Rodolfo Martínez, whom no one loves and whom everyone despises and undervalues ​​in his town of Valle Verde, in Mexico, decides to change his luck. He decides to invent that he has a very important ancestor and that is why he deserves a statue that will remind future generations of everything he has done. Rodolfo doesn't care what happens, all he wants is to stop being a failure and for people to see him as an equal.