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Dominican Rep. Real Women Have Curves
- Original title
- Real Women Have Curves
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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America Ferrera
Lupe Ontiveros- Ingrid Oliu
George Lopez
Soledad St. Hilaire- Brian Sites
- Lourdes Perez
- Lina Acosta
- Felipe de Alba
- Josefina Lopez
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Comedy | Independent Film (US). Social Drama
- Synopsis
- Winner of the Dramatic Audience Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, this HBO Films comedy/drama tells the story of 18-year-old Ana (America Ferrera), a first-generation Mexican-American from East Los Angeles, who struggles to strike a balance between her mainstream ambitions and her more traditional cultural heritage as she attempts to forge her own path in life.
Graduating from high school, Ana would like nothing better than attend college - a goal her teacher and mentor (George Lopez) wholeheartedly supports. But Ana's needy mother Carmen (Lupe Ontiveros) has other plans for her "baby," feeling that "it's her time" to contribute to the family and join her older sister at work at a sewing factory. Reluctantly, Ana agrees, and ends up learning lessons at the factory and with a young man (Brian Sites) that help her come to terms with herself, her body and her future - paving the way towards her ultimate independence.- Awards
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2002: Sundance Film Festival: Audience Award, Special Jury Prize (Ferrera, Ontiveros)2002: Independent Spirit Awards: Producers Award. 2 Nominations2003: San Sebastián Film Festival: Audience Award joven2002: National Board of Review (NBR): Spotlight Award.
- Critics' reviews
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"A reminder of how rarely the women in the movies are real."
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"I have seen the future of Hollywood movie stardom, and its name is America Ferrera."
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"Passionately acted and grittily convincing."
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"Honest and wise enough to strike the right bittersweet note"
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"It's a joy to see nice warm performances by real people of different shapes, sizes and ages, who are seldom to be found in any glamour catalogues."
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"Even though the storyline of 'Real Women Have Curves' is a somewhat familiar tale, the film's originality lies in the way in which it's told."
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