Real Women Have Curves (2002)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Patricia Cardoso

Writers (WGA):

Josefina Lopez (play)
George LaVoo (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

8 novembre 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame

Accroche:

Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life...

Plot:

This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman...

Plot Keywords:

Size Positive | Beautiful Girl | Faked Pregnancy | Womens Lib | Overweight

Awards:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

It is a hymn to a culture that values family and a girl who values herself.

Ensemble

America Ferrera	...	Ana Garcia
Lupe Ontiveros	...	Carmen Garcia
Ingrid Oliu	...	Estela Garcia
George Lopez	...	Mr. Guzman
Brian Sites	...	Jimmy
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Pancha
Lourdes Perez	...	Rosali
Jorge Cervera Jr.	...	Raúl Garcia
Felipe de Alba	...	Grandfather
José Gerardo Zamora Jr.	...	Juan José
Edgar Lujan	...	Juan Martin
Lina Acosta	...	Norma
Celina Belizan	...	Glitz Receptionist (as Celina Belazin)
Ramona Garcia Coronado	...	Singing Woman
Marlene Forte	...	Mrs. Glass

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Ana (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language.

Durée:

90 min | Switzerland:87 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Bern) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Company:

HBO Independent Productions

Anecdotes:

The producers put out a casting call for girls who were "fat" or "overweight", and had thousands of girls show up who were clearly not fat or overweight, but all thought that they were.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Ana's boyfriend, about to graduate from high school, says he will now go to "Teachers College." Teachers College is a graduate school only; it has no undergraduate program.

Guillemet:

Carmen: [In Spanish] I love you, that's why I make you misrable.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Real Women Have Curves" (????)

Soundtrack:

Minha Galera

It is a hymn to a culture that values family and a girl who values herself.

How could I be so blessed with 2 Mexican treasures within weeks of each other? After the heady romanticism and visual artistry of Julie Taymor's `Frida,' I was hardly prepared to see another arresting, Mexican melodrama, Patricia Cardoso's `Real Women Have Curves.' Every woman who thinks about her weight should see this movie-it will make you a convert to the humane notion that all bodies are beautiful. And it will reveal a deeply humane culture at the same time.

Naturally beautiful and full-bodied actress America Ferrera plays Ana, a Mexican American whose graduation and scholarship to Columbia University threaten the family's unity and the control by her mother, who tells stories of runaway girls with disastrous ends and the admonition, `That's what happens to girls who don't listen to their mothers.'

Like teenagers in any culture, Ana is trying to break away from a domineering culture and mother while she also achieves a balanced acceptance of her zaftig body. The scene where she and the other seamstresses in her sister's sweat shop remove their outer clothes to escape the heat and eventually admire their bulging, stretch-marked bodies is about as loving and lyrical as any other I have seen where Hollywood's obsession with world-class beauty is obliterated by the sheer attractiveness of women celebrating the imperfections of their bodies.

Equally so, when Ana loses her virginity, she tells her lover,

"Turn the lights on. I want you to see me. See, this is what I look like." He responds, "You're not fat. You're beautiful.' It's easy to see why this film won awards at Cannes for audience appreciation and ensemble acting. It is a hymn to a culture that values family and a girl who values herself.