America (2011)
1h 37m
Running Time
March 10, 2011Release Date
Plot.
América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives and other latinas, América finds comfort and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, reality hunts her down. Will she survive to tell her story?
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Cast & Crew.
Lymari Nadal
America
Yancey Arias
Correa
Edward James Olmos
Mr. Irving
Rachel Ticotin
Esther
Yareli Arizmendi
Maria
Luis Gonzaga
Policia
Sonia Fritz
Director
Talia Rothenberg
Rosalinda
Details.
Wiki.
America is a 2011 Puerto Rican drama film directed by Sonia Fritz based on a published fiction novel El Sueño de America (1996) by Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but was disqualified because of a rule change.