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Bookmark this pageEl Jardin del Eden (1994)
Director: Maria Novaro
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
From the 'feminist' director of the delightful Danzón, this is set in Tijuana and concerns the relationship between three disparate women, all in their way border-dwellers - Jane, an American going south, Liz her Spanish-American friend (who can't speak Spanish and is sister of blocked writer Frank who can), and Mexican Serena, a widow struggling to bring up her children alone. It's a discursive, rambling narrative, which may offer a good few insights into the difficulties of both racial identity and the building of alternate means of communication and support between women, but its message or meaning is a little obscure. Likeable and good-hearted none the less.Author: WH
Cast & crew
Director: Maria Novaro
Producer: Jorge Sanchez
Cast: Renée Coleman, Bruno Bichir, Gabriela Roer, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Rosario Sagrav, Joseph Culp full cast
Duration: 104 mins
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