Doña Herlinda and Her Son
From the land of the margarita, the taco and the macho
1985 · 1h 30m · Unrated
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
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Doña Herlinda and Her Son
Overview
A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. Putting her son's happiness above all else, she then arranges a marriage of convenience to a woman.
Director and cast
- Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Director
- Guadalupe del Toro as Doña Herlinda
- Marco Antonio Treviño as Rodolfo
- Arturo Meza as Ramón
- Leticia Lupercio as Olga
- Lucha Villa as Herself
- Guillermina Alba as Billy
- Madres y Comadres as Band in Chapala
- Arturo Camacho Cast
- Jorge Antonio Contreras Cast
- Clemencia de Cisneros Cast
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