poster movie

Una Carta a Mis Hijas

An undocumented mother, living in NYC, struggles with her pursuit of the American dream as she writes a letter to the children she left back home.

0 average rating
0
Spanish / 6 MIN. / 2023

The Genres

The Synopsis

An undocumented mother, living in NYC, struggles with her pursuit of the American dream, as she writes a letter to the children she left back home. She cleans houses, she attempts to gain citizenship through marriage, she struggles physically and spiritually and predominantly wrestles with the choice she's made of leaving her young children back home to come to America to build a better life. Her regrets and pains come to life in the film as she writes a letter to her children and we, the audience are given a visceral, intimate view of the experiences and emotions of this brave woman pursuing a dream that comes with brutal costs.

The Cast

Steven BlumCindy BrownAntígona González

Recommended

Movies

poster movie

Sky

6.2 average rating
poster movie

Bastard Out of Carolina

7.165 average rating
poster movie

I Believe in Unicorns

6.4 average rating
poster movie

The Safety of Objects

6.481 average rating
poster movie

Starving in Suburbia

6.543 average rating
poster movie

The Girl in the Book

5.8 average rating
poster movie

Babylon

6.94 average rating
poster movie

Nothing Personal

6.5 average rating
poster movie

What Maisie Knew

7.114 average rating
poster movie

The Pumpkin Eater

6.7 average rating
poster movie

Iron Jawed Angels

6.794 average rating
poster movie

The Truth About Emanuel

5.954 average rating
poster movie

The Trials of Cate McCall

6.356 average rating
poster movie

Hungry Hearts

6.551 average rating
poster movie

Gracie

6.198 average rating
poster movie

Sergio

6.553 average rating
poster movie

Suburbia

6.684 average rating
poster movie

Rose Plays Julie

5.814 average rating
poster movie

A Dry White Season

6.661 average rating
poster movie

Lady Driver

6.385 average rating