Real Women Have Curves

1h 26m 2002

Brief Synopsis

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Ana, a first generation Mexican American teenager living in East Los Angeles, has just graduated from high school. Because she is a talented writer, a caring teacher urges her to apply to college. Ana secretly is excited about the possibility, but her overbearing and hypercritical mother, Carmen, in

Cast & Crew

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Patricia Cardoso

Director

America Ferrera

Ana Garcia

Lupe Ontiveros

Carmen Garcia

Ingrid Oliu

Estela

George Lopez

Mr Elias Guzman

Brian Sites

Jimmy

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Family
Release Date
2002
Production Company
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.; HBO Films; HBO Network- Home Box Office; Hbo Entertainment; The Image Resolution Inc.; mPRm Communications
Distribution Company
HBO Films; Abc Distribution; Alamode Film; Alfa Films; Bim Distribuzione; Bodega Films; Cinemien; Golem Distribution; Gussi Films; HBO Films; HBO Home Video; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Newmarket Films; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 26m

Synopsis

Ana, a first generation Mexican American teenager living in East Los Angeles, has just graduated from high school. Because she is a talented writer, a caring teacher urges her to apply to college. Ana secretly is excited about the possibility, but her overbearing and hypercritical mother, Carmen, insists that it is time for her to help provide for the family by working in her sister's sewing factory. When a crisis arises at the factory, it seems as if Ana's fate is unhappily sealed, but her indomitable will to reach beyond sweatshop life eventually leads her to burst, defiant and resplendent, through every restriction on her life.

Director

Patricia Cardoso

Director

Cast

America Ferrera

Ana Garcia

Lupe Ontiveros

Carmen Garcia

Ingrid Oliu

Estela

George Lopez

Mr Elias Guzman

Brian Sites

Jimmy

Soledad St Hilaire

Pancha

Lourdes Perez

Rosali

Jorge Cervera

Raul

Felipe De Alba

Grandfather

Jose Gerardo Zamora

Juan Jose

Manuel Edgar Lujan

Juan Martin

Sandie Torres

Dona Carlota

Lina Acosta

Norma

Celina Belazin

Glitz Receptionist

Ramona Garcia Coronado

Singing Woman

Marlene Forte

Mrs Glass

Jim Ishida

Landlord

Pete Leal

Dr Lopez

Josefina Lopez

Veronica

Esmeralda Mcquillan

Pharmacy Attendant

Jose Tolentino

Mariachi

Dale E Turner

Policeman

Julie Vera

Dona Gorgonia

Lisa Guzman

Girl

Lackey Beavis

Girl

Michelle Moretti

Girl

Crew

Ruth Adelman

Adr Editor

Ruth Adelman

Dialogue Editor

Demetrio Alexi

2nd Hair

Jasmine Alhambra

2nd 2nd Assistant Director

Rick Ash

Rerecording Mixer

Marilyn R Atlas

Co-Producer

Nancy Au

Wardrobe Supervisor

Sam Bacco

Song ("Strawberry Tango, Parts 1 & 2 (From 'All The Pretty Horses')")

Claudia Becker

Casting (Mexico)

Luis Blackaller

Graphic Designer

Diana Blake

Additional Audio

Brigitte Broch

Production Designer

Effie T. Brown

Producer

Effie T. Brown

Unit Production Manager

Weldon Brown

Adr Mixer

Zane Bruce

Foley Artist

Carlos Cabral

Song Performer ("Felicidades")

Grupo Caricias

Song Performer ("Vuelta De Hoja")

Claudia Carle

Adr Recordist

Manu Chao

Song Performer ("Leaving"), Song Performer ("Minha Galera")

Edmond Coblentz

Sound Editor

Nicole Columbie

Production Supervisor

M Vanessa Coto

Production Coordinator

Mark Crookston

Foley Editor

Carlos De La Paz

Song Performer ("Amblin")

Jim Denault

Director Of Photography

Robert Deschane

Adr Mixer

Lila Downs

Song Performer ("La Nina")

Joe Earle

Rerecording Mixer

Shannon Erbe

Music Editor

Fernando Romay Esquerra

Music Editor

Fernando Romay Esquerra

Song Performer ("Sentirse Amado")

Don Givens

Foley Mixer

Margeret Guerra Rogers

Music Supervisor

Margeret Guerra Rogers

Song Performer ("Telenovela")

Angela Gurule

Key Hair

Ann Hadsell

Adr Mixer

Michael Kamper

Sound Design

Evyen Klean

Music Consultant

Sloane Klevin

Editor

George Lavoo

Screenwriter

George Lavoo

Producer

Emily Lawless

Lead Scenic Artist

Rosemary Lawrence

Key Makeup

Banda Llaneros

Song Performer ("No Le Hace (Playback)"), Song Performer ("Tenemos La Culpa")

Paul Longstaffe

Dialogue Editor

Paul Longstaffe

Adr Editor

Josefina Lopez

Source Material (From Play: "Real Women Have Curves")

Josefina Lopez

Screenwriter

Manuel Edgar Lujan

Song Performer ("Felicidades")

Catherine Marie Macdonald

Assistant Director

Jennifer Mann

Dialogue Editor

Jennifer Mann

Adr Editor

Chandra Marrs

Animal Wrangler

Ellyn Long Marshall

Casting

Chris Mcdonald

Song ("Strawberry Tango, Parts 1 & 2 (From 'All The Pretty Horses')")

Caitlin Mckenna

Loop Group

Christopher Miller

Location Manager

Elaine Montalvo

Costume Designer

Glenn T Morgan

Supervising Sound Editor

Glenn T Morgan

Supervising Sound Designer

Scott Nabat

Post-Production Supervisor

Maria E. Nelson

Casting

Janelle Ashley Nielson

Additional Editor

Eliades Ochoa

Song Performer ("Si En Un Final")

Larry Paxton

Song ("Strawberry Tango, Parts 1 & 2 (From 'All The Pretty Horses')")

Heitor Pereira

Music

Julian Petrillo

Assistant Director

Mark Pogachefsky

Publicity

Deborah Riley

Art Director

Rayo Rojas

Casting (Mexico)

Patrick X Rousseau

Camera Operator

Joseph Sabella

Foley Artist

Lynn Sisco

Script Supervisor

Nicole Sortilon

Makeup Artist

Pat Stoltz

Additional Audio

Amy Strong

Art Director

Marty Stuart

Song ("Strawberry Tango, Parts 1 & 2 (From 'All The Pretty Horses')")

John C Taylor

Sound Mixer

Tami Treadwell

Adr Recordist

Drew Webster

Rerecording Mixer

Gayle Wesley

Additional Audio

Kristen Wilkinson

Song ("Strawberry Tango, Parts 1 & 2 (From 'All The Pretty Horses')")

Linda Wilson

Assistant Director

Jose Gerardo Zamora

Song Performer ("Felicidades")

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Family
Release Date
2002
Production Company
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.; HBO Films; HBO Network- Home Box Office; Hbo Entertainment; The Image Resolution Inc.; mPRm Communications
Distribution Company
HBO Films; Abc Distribution; Alamode Film; Alfa Films; Bim Distribuzione; Bodega Films; Cinemien; Golem Distribution; Gussi Films; HBO Films; HBO Home Video; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Newmarket Films; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 26m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States January 2002

Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 2002.

Feature directorial debut for short filmmaker Patricia Cardoso.

Released in United States September 2002

Released in United States Fall October 18, 2002

Expanded Release in United States October 25, 2002

Released in United States on Video April 15, 2003

Released in United States 2002 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 2002.)

Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.)

Winner of the Dramatic Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Acting (Lupe Ontiveros and America Ferrera) at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Released in United States September 2002

Released in United States Fall October 18, 2002

Expanded Release in United States October 25, 2002

Released in United States on Video April 15, 2003

Released in United States 2002

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