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Real Women Have Curves (2002)86 minComedy, DramaRating 64/100

Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life ... and have curves. In her feature film debut, America Ferrera stars as 18-year-old Ana, a first-generation Mexican-American from East L.A. who struggles between her ambition of attending college and her cultural traditions -- as personified by Ana's needy mother, who wants the girl to work at the family's sewing factory.

Cast: America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George López, Brian Sites, Soledad St. Hilaire, Lourdes Perez Nido

Director: Patricia Cardoso