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MRS. HARRIS DVD
Despite the popularity of the Dr. Tarnower's revolutionary "lose one pound per day" diet, the womanizing ways of the Casanova cardiologist would soon come to a brutal end at the hands of his jealous, prescription drug-addicted lover Jean Harris (Annette Bening). Driven to despair after their fourteen-year romance failed to result in marriage and enraged by Dr. Tarnower's shameless status as a ladies man, Harris confronts her former lover in one violent, final act of desperation.
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Real Women Have Curves
This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in the predominately Latino community of East Los Angeles. Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college. Torn between her mainstream ambitions and her cultural heritage she agrees to work with her mother at her sister's downtown LA sewing factory.
Over the summer she learns to admire the hardworking team of women who teach her solidarity and teamwork. Still at odds with what her mother expects of her, Ana realizes that leaving home to continue her education is essential to finding her place proudly in the world as an American and Chicana.
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES features a group rarely portrayed in mass media: complex, deeply human, hard-working Latina women shown with love, humor, and pride that defies stereotypes and common misrepresentations. The film is based on the play by Josefina Lopez, which is based on her own experience.
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES recently won the Dramatic Audience Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; cast members America Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros won the Special Jury Prize for Acting.
The film opened the New Directors/New Films Festival at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in March 2002, and most recently screened at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2002.
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES opens in theaters in soon, and premieres on HBO in 2003.
Starring
America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros |
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Written by
George LaVoo, Josephina Lopez |
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Directed by
Patricia Cardoso |
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