Movie Drama
Its Power and Passion Will Touch All Our Hearts - Because We Are All the Children of Sanchez
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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Anthony Quinn Dolores del Río Lupita Ferrer Katy Jurado Stathis Giallelis Lucía Méndez Duncan Quinn Héctor Bonilla Patricia Aspíllaga Patricia Reyes Spíndola José Carlos Ruiz Helena Rojo Rebeca Silva René Cardona Domingo Ambriz Enrique Lucero Beatriz Marín José Chávez Josefina Echánove Adriana Rojo Sergio Calderón Farnesio de Bernal Mauricio Bonet Juan Carlos Bonet Elsa Benn Jaime Jiménez Pons Jeniffer Demello Paola Jiménez Pons Karla Ceballos Arturo Rodríguez Doring Marta Barrientos Alejandra Ortiz Josefina Mauri Alicia del Lago Fernando Garcia Raquel García Carmen Montejo Ignacio López Tarso Armando Silvestre Irán Eory
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