Doña Herlinda and Her Son

Doña Herlinda y su hijo

Mexico

1985

91 Min

Color

1.37:1

Spanish

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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SCR Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Jorge López Páez

CAST Marco Antonio Treviño, Arturo Meza, Guadalupe del Toro, Leticia Lupercio, Guillermina Alba, Angélica Guerrero

In this sly Mexican sex comedy, 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. When the marriage is consummated, the young male lover gets terribly jealous and this creates problems until the irrepressible Doña Herlinda again gets involved.

Director

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo (born January 22, 1942) is a Mexican film director, often compared to Spain’s Pedro Almodóvar.

Born in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, in center Mexico, Hermosillo’s films often explore the hypocrisy of middle-class Mexican values.

He worked with Gabriel García Márquez on “Mary My Dearest” in 1979 and “The Summer of Miss Forbes” in 1988.

Hermosillo currently teaches film-making at the University of Guadalajara and has recently collaborated with his students on various projects. —Wikipedia

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cmuela

11Jul12

hermosa historia de queer love! y Doña Herlinda es una risa, actúa tan mal pero es tan simpática.

ramosbarajas

3Nov11

I found that this film shares some interesting connections to Deep Crimson (1996). It portrays the men as powerful, virile, and machos. But they give the control of their lives over to women, and somehow it doesn't render them any less manly. Maybe it's a trend explored by Mexican filmmakers during this epoch. I don't know too much, but it seems like an interesting topic to study.

ramosbarajas

3Nov11

Cinematically, it is shot very well. The long takes are well done, and even if the acting is not up to par, it does not take long for one to get immersed in the story and enjoy the film.