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Dona Herlinda and Her Son

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Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1986)

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Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: A doctor has difficulties juggling his gay paramour and his fiancee... until his manipulative mother steps into the romantic fray and makes room in her home for the lover, her son, his new wife and... A doctor has difficulties juggling his gay paramour and his fiancee... until his manipulative mother steps into the romantic fray and makes room in her home for the lover, her son, his new wife and their baby. [More]

Starring: Guadalupe Del Toro, Marco Antonio Trevino, Arturo Meza

Starring: Guadalupe Del Toro, Marco Antonio Trevino, Arturo Meza

Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Director: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

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  • Dona Herlinda is a wealthy manipulative widow living in Guadalajara, who quietly accepts her son Rudolfo's affair with handsome Ramon. After she invites Ramon to live with them the situation becomes hiliously complicated by Rudolfo's marriage of convenience to Olga, a feminist employee of Amnesty Int'l. Meanwhile Dona Herlinda manages to maintain her composure in this daring, gay comedy.
    Spanish w/ English subtitles
  • Source: Vanguard International Cinema
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