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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
Katy Jurado | Anthony Quinn | Sergio Calderón | Patricia Reyes Spíndola | Enrique Lucero | Helena Rojo | Dolores del Río | José Carlos Ruiz | Stathis Giallelis | Lupita Ferrer | Irán Eory | Armando Silvestre | José Chávez | Farnesio de Bernal | Ignacio López Tarso | Josefina Echánove | Héctor Bonilla | Lucía Méndez | Patricia Aspíllaga | Domingo Ambriz | Juan Carlos Bonet | Mauricio Bonet | Rebeca Silva | Alicia del Lago | René Cardona | Carmen Montejo | Jaime Jiménez Pons | Beatriz Marín | Duncan Quinn | Adriana Rojo | Elsa Benn | Jeniffer Demello | Paola Jiménez Pons | Karla Ceballos | Arturo Rodríguez Doring | Marta Barrientos | Alejandra Ortiz | Josefina Mauri | Fernando Garcia | Raquel García