From the land of the margarita, the taco and the macho
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.
- 5.1
- 1985
- Released
- 1h 30m
Guadalupe del Toro
Doña HerlindaMarco Antonio Treviño
RodolfoArturo Meza
RamónLeticia Lupercio
Olga
Lucha Villa
HerselfGuillermina Alba
Billy
Released
es
- #mexico
- #doctor
- #lgbt
- #weightlifting
- #french horn
- #mother son relationship
- #gay theme
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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