The Children of Sanchez (movie)
- User score: 5.7
- Production country: United States of America, Mexico
- Producer: Hall Bartlett
- Production companies: Carmel Enterprises, Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE), Hall Bartlett Productions
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 6/16/1978
- Run time: 126 min.
Movie description
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.
