Dona Herlinda and Her Son
(1985)
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Dona Herlinda and Her Son
(1985)
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Arturo Meza | ... |
Ramón
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Rodolfo
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Guadalupe Del Toro | ... | |
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Letícia Lupercio | ... |
Olga
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Josefina González |
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Lucha Villa | ... |
Herself
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Guillermina Alba | ... |
Billy
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Rodolfo (Trevino) is a young bachelor doctor who has a love affair with a younger music student, Ramon (Meza). When Rodolfo's mother begins to urge his son to get married, he quickly asks modern and open-mind Olga (Lupercio) to become his wife. Ramon is heart-broken, but Dona Herlinda (del Toro) has the final solution to make everybody happy: She asks Ramon to live with her, near by Rodolfo and Olga. Everybody together forever. Written by Maximiliano Maza <mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx>
The movie is very funny and involving, but more than that. Showing how prehistorical and hypocrite may be the latin countries' attitude towards an effective, and paradoxical, way to cope with it. All winners and no loser. And -as in the real wold- the most "macho" of the characters appears to be the most passive one...