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Ana has an appetite for life, for love, for ideas. But not everybody appreciates where that appetite is taking her. Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life ... and have curves.
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.
Debuting on HBO during National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), Real Women Have Curves premieres simultaneously on HBO and HBO Latino (English-language version with Spanish subtitles) on Saturday, October 4 at 8 p.m. with encore performances on Tuesday, October 7 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, October 12 at 10:30 p.m. Times are ET/PT.
CAST: America Ferrera (Ana), Lupe Ontiveros (Carmen), Ingrid Oliu (Estela), George Lopez (Mr. Guzman), Brian Sites (Jimmy), Jorge Cervera Jr. (Raul), Felipe de Alba (Grandfather), Soledad St. Hilaire (Pancha), Lourdes Perez (Rosali), Jose Gerardo Zamora Jr. (Juan Jose), Manuel Edgar Lujan (Juan Martin).
CREDITS: Directed by Patricia Cardoso; Screenplay by George LaVoo and Josefina Lopez; Based on the play by Josefina Lopez; Produced by George LaVoo and Effie T. Brown; Director of Photography: Jim Denault; Production Designer: Brigitte Broch; Editor: Sloane Klevin; Music by Heitor Pereira; Casting by Ellyn Long Marshall and Maria E. Nelson.
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