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The Children of Sanchez (1978)
Directed by Hall Bartlett
Overview
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.
Length 126 minutes
Actors
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