Synopsis :
Real Women Have Curves is a 2002 American movie starring America Ferrera. Produced by HBO and directed by Patricia Cardoso, it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in addition to Special Jury Prizes for both Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros. The independent film earned in excess of five million dollars and brought the previously-unknown Ferrera to the public’s attention.
The coming-of-age plot revolves around Ana Garcia, a Mexican-American teenager living in an East Los Angeles barrio. While attending Beverly Hills High School, where she is an accomplished student, she works in near-sweatshop conditions in her sister’s dress factory alongside her mother, Carmen (Ontiveros), who considers this to be her younger daughter’s vocation. But Ana, encouraged by her teacher Mr. Guzman (George Lopez), has dreams of attending Columbia. Before achieving her goal, she must try to balance her mother’s traditional view of women with her own contemporary ideas while dealing with self-image issues and exploring a new romantic relationship.
Starring :
America Ferrera … Ana Garcia
Lupe Ontiveros … Carmen Garcia
Ingrid Oliu … Estela Garcia
George Lopez … Mr. Guzman
Brian Sites … Jimmy
Soledad St. Hilaire … Pancha
Lourdes Perez … Rosali
Jorge Cervera Jr. … Raúl Garcia
Felipe de Alba … Grandfather
José Gerardo Zamora Jr. … Juan José
Edgar Lujan … Juan Martin
Lina Acosta … Norma
Celina Belizan … Glitz Receptionist (as Celina Belazin)
Ramona Garcia Coronado … Singing Woman
Marlene Forte … Mrs. Glass
Director :
Patricia Cardoso
