Real Women Have Curves (2002) on Netflix
Ana García, 18, wants to go to college. Her mother Carmen expects her to work at the family's small textile factory and start a family instead. Money is tight at home.
- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.9/108,895 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes85%
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Plot summary
In East Los Angeles, 18-year-old Ana García attends high school in Beverly Hills and hopes to go to college. Her sister Estela and their father Raúl approve, but her mother Carmen wants Ana to help Estela, who oversees a small, rundown textile factory the family owns, and to marry and have children. On her last day of school, her teacher Mr. Guzman offers to have her application to Columbia University looked at. Ana agrees to work at the factory in the meantime.
Cast
- Lourdes Perez Nidoas Rosali
- José Gerardo Zamora Jr.as Juan José
- Edgar Lujanas Juan Martin
- Lina Acostaas Norma
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Real Women Have Curves (2002)
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- In 2019 the Library of Congress selected Real Women Have Curves for the United States National Film Registry as culturally, historically or aesthetically significant, making it the first Latina-directed film ever inducted into the Registry.
