Directed by:
Betty KaplanCinematography:
Carlos GonzálezComposer:
Lee HoldridgeCast:
Ana Maria Lagasca, Wanda De Jesus, Miriam Colon, Cliff De Young, Alexis Cruz, Angelo Pagan, Francesco Quinn, Diane Salinger, George Wyner, Robinne Lee (more)Plots(1)
Esmeralda Santiago (Ana Maria Lagasca) moved to New York from a rural area of Puerto Rico. At the age of thirteen she was the elder sibling to, among others, a brother with a serious chronic infection in his foot. "Negi" became the interpreter for her mother as her English improved and together the family moved frequently, searching for care for the infected young boy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ana Maria Lagasca
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Almost a Woman (2001) (TV movie)
Wanda De Jesus
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Sins of the Fathers (1996)
The Insider (1999)
Blood Work (2002)
Miriam Colon
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Goal! (2005)
Cliff De Young
USA
Best movies:
North and South (1985) (series)
Glory (1989)
Andersonville (1996) (TV movie)
Alexis Cruz
USA
Best movies:
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods - Final Cut (2009) (TV movie)
Stargate (1994)
The Brave (1997)
Angelo Pagan
Best movies:
Swordfish (2001)
Lansky (1999) (TV movie)
Dance with Me (1998)
Francesco Quinn
Italy
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Into the West (2005) (series)
Zen (2011) (series)
Diane Salinger
USA
Best movies:
Ghost World (2001)
Batman Returns (1992)
Bird (1988)
George Wyner
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
All the President's Men (1976)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Robinne Lee
USA
Best movies:
Seven Pounds (2008)
Hitch (2005)
Cupid & Cate (2000) (TV movie)
Patrice Fisher
USA
Best movies:
How High (2001)
Behind the Smile (2006)
Almost a Woman (2001) (TV movie)
Pamela Noble
USA
Best movies:
Almost a Woman (2001) (TV movie)
Resurrection Mary (2007)
Peter Jason
USA
Best movies:
Seabiscuit (2003)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Milk (2008)
Anne De Salvo
USA
Best movies:
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Stardust Memories (1980)
Starting Over (1979)
Evangelina Martínez
Best movies:
Texas Rising (2015) (series)
Almost a Woman (2001) (TV movie)
Dawn Didawick
USA
Best movies:
Erin Brockovich (2000)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
The Moguls (2005)
Sarah Zinsser
Best movies:
Private Parts (1997)
Keith (2008)
Almost a Woman (2001) (TV movie)
Karen Teliha
USA
Best movies:
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
Loving Annabelle (2006)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)