Movie
Real Women Have Curves
Overview
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-10-18
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- LaVoo Productions, HBO Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- America Ferrera as Ana Garcia
- Lupe Ontiveros as Carmen Garcia
- Ingrid Oliu as Estela Garcia
- George López as Mr. Guzman
- Brian Sites as Jimmy
- Soledad St. Hilaire as Pancha
- Lourdes Perez Nido as Rosali
- Jorge Cervera Jr. as Raúl
- Felipe de Alba as Grandfather
- José Gerardo Zamora Jr. as Juan José
- Edgar Lujan as Juan Martin
- Lina Acosta as Norma
Crew
- Patricia Cardoso - Director
- George LaVoo - Screenplay
- Josefina Lopez - Screenplay
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