by Andrea LeVasseur
synopsis
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.
characteristics
- Family
- Down On Their Luck
- Poverty
- Poor-family
- Father
- Love
- Deprivation
- Survivor
- Survival
- Families In Crisis
- Single Parents
- Parent
- Only Human
- Ghetto
- Child-rearing
