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Overview

"Patricia Cardoso's Real Women Have Curves arrives on DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence. This is a decent release from Warner Bros."

Product Details

Release Date:	09/06/2005
UPC:	0026359297229
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Hbo Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	41,157

Special Features

Closed Caption; Additional scene - "Ana, One Year Later"; Two audio commentaries; Two featurettes; cast & crew bios, and more

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

America Ferrera	Ana
Lupe Ontiveros	Carmen
Ingrid Oliu	Estela
George Lopez	Mr. Guzman,Veronica
Brian Sites	Jimmy
Soledad St. Hilaire	Pancha
Lourdes Perez	Rosali
Jorge Cervera Jr.	Raul Garcia
Felipe de Alba	Grandfather
Jose Gerardo Zamora Jr.	Juan Jose
Edgar Lujan	Juan Martin
Lina Acosta	Norma
Celina Belazin	Glitz Receptionist
Ramona Garcia Coronado	Singing Woman
Marlene Forte	Mrs. Glass
Jimmy Ishida	Landlord
Pete Leal	Dr. Lopez
Esmerelda McQuillan	Pharmacy Attendant
Jose Tolentino	Mariachi
Sandie Torres	Dona Carlota
Dale Turner	Policeman
Julia Vera	Dona Gorgonia
Lisa Guzman	Girl No.1
Lackey Bevis	Girl No.2
Michelle Moretti	Girl No.3
Celina Belizan	Actor
Manuel Edgar Lujan	Actor

Technical Credits

Patricia Cardoso	Director
Effie T. Brown	Producer
George LaVoo	Producer,Screenwriter
Ellyn Long Marshall	Casting
Maria E. Nelson	Casting
Josefina Lopez	Screenwriter

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Editorial Reviews

Patricia Cardoso's debut feature, Real Women Have Curves, is a buoyant and beautifully executed coming-of-age tale. Its overwhelming cheeriness may strain credulity at times, yet all but the most cynical viewers will find themselves swept along by its humor and heart. The film's great strength is the perfectly pitched performance of newcomer America Ferrera as Ana, a smart teenager blossoming into self-confidence and maturity, despite the incessant criticism of her amusingly dyspeptic mother, Carmen (the wonderful Lupe Ontiveros of Chuck and Buck). Director Cardoso gets consistently strong performances from her cast, and keeps the tone sunny and warm throughout the film, despite the occasionally serious setbacks her characters face. Ana works in a sweatshop making expensive dresses for Bloomingdale's, and the fact that the sweatshop is owned by her enterprising older sister, Estella (Ingrid Oliu), and that Ana eventually brings out a certain esprit de corps among her co-workers doesn't quite gloss away that unpleasant truth. Similarly, when Ana goes to visit her father at work, she finds him at the huge estates where he does gardening work. Ana does go off on a couple of tirades about her working conditions, but Cardoso, working from a script by Josefina Lopez and George LaVoo, has chosen to deal with issues of economic disparity that underlie the story in a subtle, almost offhand way. Her focus is primarily on the clash of values and personalities between the mother and daughter. Cinematographer Jim Denault (Boys Don't Cry), whose talents have elevated so many low-budget films, also deserves mention for his fine work here. Real Women Have Curves won the Dramatic Audience Award and a special award for the performances of Ferrera and Ontiveros at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. The film was also shown as part of the New Directors/New Films Festival in New York.

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