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The Children of Sanchez (1978)
Directed by Hall Bartlett
“Its Power and Passion Will Touch All Our Hearts - Because We Are All the Children of Sanchez”
Drama · 2h 06m
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.
Cast
Anthony Quinn
Dolores del Río
Lupita Ferrer
Katy Jurado
Stathis Giallelis
Lucía Méndez
Héctor Bonilla
Patricia Aspíllaga
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
José Carlos Ruiz
Helena Rojo
Crew
- Director
- Hall Bartlett
- Writer
- Cesare Zavattini, Hall Bartlett
- Novel
- Oscar Lewis
- Director of Photography
- Gabriel Figueroa
- Original Music Composer
- Chuck Mangione
- Editor
- Marshall M. Borden
- Producer
- Hall Bartlett
Details
- Release date
- 1978-06-16
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, Mexico
- Production
- Carmel Enterprises, Hall Bartlett Productions, Conacine