Santitos

Name: Santitos
Genre: Drama, Romance

Mexico, France, Spain · 1999
Rated R · 1h 45m
Director Alejandro Springall
Starring Dolores Heredia, Demián Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Pedro Altamirano
Genre Drama, Romance

When her teenage daughter dies of mysterious circumstances, Esperanza is distraught. That is until a saint appears to her and warns that her daughter may still be alive. Thus, Esperanza sets out on a search that will challenge her own beliefs and force her to face her fears in order to be reunited with her beloved daughter.

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Chicago Reader by

The incredible adventures pile up unrelentingly, with no inflection, no downtime, and each new space is a set decorator's hallucination, as brightly colored as a candy store on acid.

Village Voice by Dennis Lim

There's no gold dust to be found here, just an awful lot of stick-on glitter.

New York Post by Hannah Brown

The premise is so sad it's impossible to chuckle at the often heavy-handed humor.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Has the same kind of humor, charm and sensuality that made "Like Water for Chocolate" the most popular foreign-language film until "Life Is Beautiful" came along.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

A brightly colored, picaresque adventure that's equal parts telenovela melodrama and pop-magic realism.

Film.com by Robert Horton

A Mexican film that reaches for a very weird and risky tone, and, I think, fails.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

It's remarkably bright, funny and sweet for a film that wades through so much sleaze, though it can't escape all of the weirdness it worms through.