

The Children of Sanchez(1978)
"Its Power and Passion Will Touch All Our Hearts - Because We Are All the Children of Sanchez"
Overview
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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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

Helena Rojo

Rebeca Silva

René Cardona

Domingo Ambriz

Enrique Lucero
Beatriz Marín

José Chávez

Josefina Echánove
Adriana Rojo

Sergio Calderón
Alberto

Farnesio de Bernal
Mauricio Bonet
Juan Carlos Bonet
Elsa Benn
Jaime Jiménez Pons
Jeniffer Demello
Paola Jiménez Pons
Karla Ceballos
Arturo Rodríguez Doring
Marta Barrientos
Alejandra Ortiz
Josefina Mauri
Alicia del Lago
Fernando Garcia
Raquel García

Carmen Montejo
Aunt Guadalupe

Ignacio López Tarso
Ignacio
Armando Silvestre
Mr. Chaparro (uncredited)

Irán Eory
(uncredited)
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