Santitos Movie Review 1999

Esperanza Diaz (Heredia) is a young Mexican widow whose 12-year-old daughter Blanca (Zapata) has supposedly died, although her mother never saw the child's body. When Esperanza's favorite saint, St. Jude the patron of lost causes, starts appearing to her, she begins a search for her lost child that takes her to the La Casa Rosa brothel in Tijuana. But faith and motherly love will help Esperanza survive anything. Disarmingly innocent film based on the novel by Escandon, who also wrote the screenplay. Spanish with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 99 minutes.
Originally from Mexican.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Oldest Profession, Moms, Mexico

Screenplay

Maria Ampara Escandon

Cast

Dolores Heredia, Fernando Torre Lapham, Juan Duarte, Ana Bertha Espin, Maya Zapata, Roberto Cobo

Cinematography

Xavier Perez Grobet

Director

Alejandro Springall

Music

Carlo Nicolau, Rosino Serrano