Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

Real women take chances, have flaws, embrace life...

200286 min6.1 / 10

A warm, character-driven coming-of-age story about a young Latina woman asserting her independence against family expectations, grounded in humor and genuine affection.

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

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