Doña Herlinda y su hijo (1985)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Writers:

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo (writer)
Jorge López Páez (novel)

Release Date:

4 April 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Rodolfo (Trevino) is a young bachelor doctor who has a love affair with a younger music student, Ramon (Meza)...

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Male Full Frontal Nudity | Homosexual | Mexico | Older Man Younger Man Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Guillermina Alba	...	Billy
Guadalupe Del Toro	...	Doña Herlinda
Letícia Lupercio	...	Olga
Arturo Meza	...	Ramón
Gustavo Mezza
Marco Antonio Treviño	...	Rodolfo
Lucha Villa	...	Herself

Also Known As:

Dona Herlinda and Her Son (USA)
Donna Herlinda e suo figlio (Italy) [it]
I kyria Herlinda ki o gios tis (Greece) (festival title) [el]

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Chapála, Jalisco, Mexico

Company:

Clasa Films Mundiales

Trivia:

Guadalupe del Toro was offered the role of Dona Herlinda in exchange for helping finance the movie.

A great Love story.

I really like this movie because it has a feeling of being open and sincere. The first time I saw it I was shocked for two reasons: because it had been filmed in the city I was born in (and this was shown in the very opening scene which shows the Plaza de la Liberacion with its fountains and the famous cathedral of Guadalajara in the background) and because of the straightforward approach to such a "delicate" subject, such as the sincere love between two adult males, by the director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. What I found most endearing in the whole movie is the fact that Doña Herlinda, the mother of one of the two men in love, knows about her son's sexual orientation but she's willing to accept it as long as she gets her only wish: a grandson. The acting is very good, the characters very much alive, and the many twists and turns on the story make this movie funny and poignant at the same time. I gave it only 9 stars because the choice of music used in the movie is old and outdated, even for the time the movie was originally filmed. This is a great love story for both gay and straight movie lovers.