Little Saints (Santitos) (1999)
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57% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(878 ratings)
Santitos is a character-driven comedy about a young Mexican woman who has to come to terms with the loss of her teenage daughter. Esperanza's daughter Blanca suddenly and mysteriously dies in the hospital where she was having her tonsils removed. Shortly afterward, the vision of a saint appears… More Santitos is a character-driven comedy about a young Mexican woman who has to come to terms with the loss of her teenage daughter. Esperanza's daughter Blanca suddenly and mysteriously dies in the hospital where she was having her tonsils removed. Shortly afterward, the vision of a saint appears on the greasy glass door of the oven, telling Esperanza that Blanca is not dead. Despite warnings from her best friend and the local priest, she embarks on an incredible journey across the country and over the border that helps her shed her inhibitions one by one. Out comes a different Esperanza, a liberated independent woman who is also sexually uninhibited. Santitos was screened as part of the Filmmakers of the Present section of the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alejandro Springall
- Written By
- Maria Amparo Escandon
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 28, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- Latin Universe
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
A charming, thoroughly beguiling comedy fantasy in which the supernatural and the most mundane coexist in quirky harmony.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A loopy tale about a superstitious widow's quest to find her 12-year-old daughter.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A phantasmagorical Mexican drama that focuses on the strange ways God speaks to us in surprizes.
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Cast
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Dolores Heredia
as Esperanza
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Demian Bichir
as Cacomixtle
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Alberto Estrella
as Angel
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Roberto Cobo
as Dona Trini
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Ana Bertha Espin
as Soledad
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Fernando Torre Lapham
as Father Salvador
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Luis Felipe Tovar
as Doroteo
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Dario T'Pie
as Cesar
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Flor Edwarda Gurrola
as Paloma
- Fernando Torre Laphame
