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53% Critic Match
Doña Herlinda and Her Son
“From the land of the margarita, the taco and the macho”
5.3 / 10• 1985• 1h 30m•NR• Spanish
ComedyRomance
Storyline
A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. Putting her son's happiness above all else, she then arranges a marriage of convenience to a woman.
Cast & Crew
Gd
Guadalupe del Toro
Doña Herlinda
LeadMA
Marco Antonio Treviño
Rodolfo
AM
Arturo Meza
Ramón
LL
Leticia Lupercio
Olga
Lucha Villa
Herself
GA
Guillermina Alba
Billy
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Doña Herlinda and Her Son is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
