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| Genre/Form: | Foreign films Feature films Melodramas (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired Motion pictures, Mexican Drama Teatro |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Jude, Saint |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alejandro Springall; Claudia Florescano; Dolores Heredia; Demián Bichir; Alberto Estrella; Fernando Torre Lapham; Ana Bertha Espín; Regina Orozco; Luis Felipe Tovar; Dario T Pié; Xavier Pérez Grobet; Carol Dysinger; Carlo Nicolau; Rosino Serrano; María Amparo Escandón; Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía.; Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad.; Tabasco Films (Firm); Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica.; Mact Productions.; Fonds Sud cinéma.; C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures (Firm); Goldheart Pictures (Firm); Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| OCLC Number: | 52995859 |
| Language Note: | Spanish dialogue, optional English or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned in English. |
| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the novel by María Amparo Escandón. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Xavier Perez Grobet ; editor, Carol Dysinger ; original music, Carlo Nicolau, Rosino Serrano. |
| Cast: | Dolores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Fernando Torre Lapham, Ana Bertha Espín, Regina Orozco, Luis Felipe Tovar, Dario T. Pié. |
| Awards: | Cartagena Film Festival, 2000: Golden India Catalina - Best Actress (Dolores Heredia); Best Production Design (Eugenio Caballero, Salvador Parra). |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, Region 1 encoding, anamorphic widescreen (1.85.1) presentation ; Dolby Digital surround, single-layer. |
| Series Title: | Cinema latino. |
| Responsibility: | Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Fondo para la Produccíon Cinematográfica de Calidad, Co. Tabasco Films, Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfia, John Sayles, Guillermo Springall, Ma. De Lourdes Del Villar, José Pinto Mazal, Maite Argüelles Sanmillán, Tenoch Ochoa Fernández, Daniel Andreu-Von Euw, Mact Productions, Fonds Sud Cinema, C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, Goldheart Pictures presentan ; una pelicula de Alejandro Springall ; producida por Alejandro Springall y Claudia Florescano ; escrita por Maria Amparo Escandon ; dirigida por Alejandro Springall. |
Abstract:
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.
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