Doña Herlinda and Her Son

Nov 11, 1985

1h 30m

★ 5.2

From the land of the margarita, the taco and the macho

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Clasa Films Mundiales

Vanguard Cinema

Doña Herlinda and Her Son Trailers

Cast

Doña Herlinda

Guadalupe del Toro

Rodolfo

Marco Antonio Treviño

Ramón

Arturo Meza

Olga

Leticia Lupercio

Herself

Lucha Villa

Billy

Guillermina Alba

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