Edition |
Widescreen version. |
Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. |
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Based on the novel by María Amparo Escondón. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Xavier Perez Grobet ; editor, Carol Dysinger ; original music, Carlo Nicolau, Rosino Serrano. |
Cast |
Delores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Fernando Torre Lapham, Ana Bertha Espín, Regina Orozco, Luis Felipe Tovar, Dario T. Pié. |
Summary |
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. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
System Details |
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital, Dolby surround, single-layer. |
Awards |
Cartagena Film Festival, 2000: Golden India Catalina - Best Actress (Dolores Heredia); Best Production Design (Eugenio Caballero, Salvador Parra). |
Language |
Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
St. Jude -- Drama.
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Children -- Death -- Drama.
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Prostitution -- Mexico -- Baja California -- Tijuana -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- Mexico.
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Added Author |
Springall, Alejandro.
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Florescando, Claudia.
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Heredia, Dolores.
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Bichir, Demián, 1963-
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Estrella, Alberto.
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Torre Lapham, Fernando.
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Espín, Ana Bertha.
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Orozco, Regina.
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Tovar, Luis Felipe.
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Pié, Dario T.
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Pérez Grobet, Xavier, 1964-
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Dysinger, Carol.
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Nicolau, Carlo.
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Serrano, Rosino.
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Escandón, María Amparo.
Esperanza's box of saints. Spanish.
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Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía.
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Cinematográfica de Calidad (Firm)
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Tabasco Films (Firm)
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Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica (Firm)
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Mact Productions.
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C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures (Firm)
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Goldheart Pictures (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Standard No. |
024543090823 |
Music No. |
2009082 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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