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Santitos / Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía ... [and others] ; John Sayles ; script, Maria Amparo Escandon ; producida por Alejandro Springall, Claudia Florescando ; una pelikula de Alejandro Springall.
LIBRA DVD 012 483
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Cinema latino
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Escandón, María Amparo--Film adaptations.
- Escandón, María Amparo.
- St. Jude.
- Mexican Americans--Drama.
- Mexican Americans.
- Children--Death.
- Mexican American women.
- Mexican American women--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Children--Death--Drama.
- Children.
- Prostitution--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula)--Tijuana--Drama.
- Prostitution.
- Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula).
- St. Jude--Drama.
- Love--Drama.
- Love.
- Prostitutes--Drama.
- Prostitutes.
- Motion pictures, Mexican.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Letterbox anamorphic widescreen format.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003]
- Language Note:
- In Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; Dolby digital surround 5.1; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- After the widowed Esperanza loses her daughter to a rare virus, she searches her faith for an explanation. When St. Jude appears to her and tells her that her daughter is still alive, Esperanza becomes convinced her daughter was kidnapped and sold as a sex slave. Becoming a prostitute, she sets out to find her daughter in Tijuana. She eventually finds her way to Los Angeles where she unexpectedly finds true love.
- Participant:
- Delores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Fernando Torre Lapham, Ana Bertha Espín, Regina Orozco, Luis Felipe Tovar, Dario T. Pié.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Xavier Perez Grobet ; editor, Carol Dysinger ; original music, Carlo Nicolau, Rosino Serrano.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by María Amparo Escondón.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
- Cartagena Film Festival, 2000: Golden India Catalina - Best Actress (Dolores Heredia); Best Production Design (Eugenio Caballero, Salvador Parra).
- OCLC:
- 52995859
- Publisher Number:
- 024543090823
- 2009082 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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