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Real Women Have Curves

2002 · 86 min

A warm, honest coming-of-age story that balances family friction with self-discovery, feeling both intimate and quietly empowering.

Tagline
Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life...
Overview
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • freedom
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Patricia Cardoso
Written by
Josefina Lopez, George LaVoo
Starring
America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George López, Brian Sites, Soledad St. Hilaire, Lourdes Perez Nido, Jorge Cervera Jr.
Music
Heitor Pereira
Cinematography
Jim Denault
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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