Doña Herlinda and Her Son

1985 PG-13 1h 30m

5.3 / 10 21

RATING

5.3/10

YOUR RATING

A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. Putting her son's happiness above all else, she then arranges a marriage of convenience to a woman.

Director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Writers

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Jorge López Páez

Stars

Guadalupe del Toro Marco Antonio Treviño Arturo Meza

Marco Antonio Treviño

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User Reviews 1

raistlin3 10 Nov 2013

8/10

Doña Herlinda and Her Son, the 1985 film from writer/director Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, is not only a funny, warm gay romantic comedy, it also marks the first time that a Latin American film depicted gay relationships positively. I enjoyed this film a great deal, and recommend it. The story, and filmmaking style, are both effectively simple. The wealthy widow Doña Herlinda (played with beguili...