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Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.
2004 · Directed by James L. Brooks · 130 min · Drama · Comedy · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 17 frames
Tagline
Every family has a hero.
Plot
In Cristina Moreno's Princeton University application essay, she tells the story of a year from her childhood and how it shaped who she is today.
In 1992, Flor Moreno, a Mexican single mother, moved to the United States ("economy class," according to Cristina's letter) to seek a better life for her and her daughter. Settling in a Latino community in Los Angeles, Flor has no need to learn English, though Cristina does.
Flor works two jobs to support them, but, as Cristina blossoms, realizes she needs to watch her more closely. So she gets a job as a housekeeper for John and Deborah Clasky; their children Bernice and Georgie; and Deborah's mother, Evelyn Wright.
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Crew
- Written by: James L. Brooks
- Cinematography: John Seale
- Edited by: Tia Nolan, Richard Marks
- Music: Hans Zimmer
- Production design: Ida Random
- Produced by: James L. Brooks, Richard Sakai, Julie Ansell
Cast
- Adam Sandler as John Clasky
- Téa Leoni as Deborah Clasky
- Paz Vega as Flor Moreno
- Cloris Leachman as Evelyn Wright
- Shelbie Bruce as Christina
- Sarah Steele as Bernice
- Ian Hyland as Georgie
- Victoria Luna as Cristina (6 Years Old)
- Cecilia Suárez as Monica
- Ricardo Molina as Flor's Husband
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Spanish, English
- Studios: Gracie Films, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Box office: $55,470,154
- Themes: immigrant, class society, mother, husband wife relationship, single parent, language course, upper class, parent child relationship, class, illegal immigration
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