‘Real Women Have Curves’, American movie a girl whose intelligence and ambition have always met with frustrating discouragement from her traditional family will be screened at 6.30 pm on September 29 at American Center, Colombo 3.
Inspired by Josefina Lopez’s autobiographical underground stage hit that premiered at San Francisco’s Teatro de la Esperanza in 1990, the film centres on 18-year-old Ana.
Directed by Patricia Cardoso, the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in addition to Special Jury Prizes for both Ferrera and Lupe Ontiveros.
This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in the predominantly 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.
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