The Children of Sanchez (1978)
2h 6m
Running Time
June 16, 1978Release Date
The Children of Sanchez (1978)
2h 6m
Running Time
June 16, 1978Release Date

Plot.
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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Cast & Crew.

Anthony Quinn
Jesús Sánchez

Dolores del Río
Grandma Paquita

Lupita Ferrer
Consuelo Sánchez

Katy Jurado
Chata

Stathis Giallelis
Roberto Sánchez

Lucía Méndez
Martha Sánchez

Duncan Quinn
Manuel Sánchez

Héctor Bonilla
Mario

Patricia Aspíllaga

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

José Carlos Ruiz

Sergio Calderón
Alberto

Carmen Montejo
Aunt Guadalupe

Ignacio López Tarso
Ignacio

Armando Silvestre
Mr. Chaparro (uncredited)

Irán Eory
(uncredited)

Hall Bartlett
Director / Writer / Producer

Claudia Becker
Casting

Joaquín Garrido
Casting

Dennis Brookins
Negative Cutter

Enrique Estévez
Art Direction / Set Decoration

Chuck Mangione
Original Music Composer

William Ware Theiss
Costume Design

Mick Guzauski
Sound Mixer

Edward L. Thirlwell
Sound Effects

Gabriel Figueroa
Director of Photography

Steve Maslow
Sound Mixer

Oscar Lewis
Novel

Alberto López
Assistant Makeup Artist

Cesare Zavattini
Writer

Michael Galloway
Sound

Marshall M. Borden
Editor

Cruz Carrasco
Sound Recordist

Bill Thomas
Costume Design

Elda Loza
Makeup Artist

Jaime Jiménez Pons

Elsa Benn

Juan Carlos Bonet

Mauricio Bonet

Paola Jiménez Pons

Karla Ceballos

Farnesio de Bernal

Raquel García

Fernando Garcia

Alicia del Lago

Beatriz Marín

José Chávez

Josefina Mauri

Josefina Echánove

Adriana Rojo

Alejandra Ortiz

Arturo Rodríguez Doring

Marta Barrientos

Enrique Lucero

Domingo Ambriz

Jeniffer Demello
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
The Children of Sanchez is a 1978 Mexican-American drama film based on the book with the same title by Oscar Lewis. The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.
The movie's well-known soundtrack, titled Children of Sanchez, was created by jazz musician Chuck Mangione. Its opening song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for that year.
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