How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005)

Director:

Georgina Riedel

Writer:

Georgina Riedel (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

US Showtimes:

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Cast

Elizabeth Peña	...	Lolita
America Ferrera	...	Blanca
Lucy Gallardo	...	Dona Genoveva
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eliana Alexander	...	Nora
David Barrera	...	Sal's Uncle
Steven Bauer	...	Victor Reyes
Alek Carrera	...	Soap Opera Actor
Ana Cervantes	...	Doña Loda
Jorge Cervera	...	Don Pedro
Patricia De Leon	...	Soap Opera Actress
Marina Dena-Santo	...	Cuka
Alyssa Diaz	...	Rose
Ricki Lopez	...	Father Miguel
Leo Minaya	...	Sal
Alberto Montero	...	Freddie
Alberto Montero	...	Freddie
Ruben Moreno	...	Old Man
Rick Najera	...	Jose Luis
Marina Dena Santo	...	Cucka
Jane Sevilla	...	Carla
Perla Walters	...	Nena
Victor Wolf	...	Oswaldo

Directed by
Georgina Riedel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Georgina Riedel		writer

Produced by
Olga Arana	....	producer
Jose C. Mangual	....	producer
Georgina Riedel	....	producer

Original Music by
Alina Gandini

Cinematography by
Tobias Datum

Film Editing by
Sean Olson

Casting by
Belinda Gardea

Production Design by
Elizabeth Calienes

Art Direction by
Craig Siebels

Set Decoration by
Cecelia Lubert

Costume Design by
Swinda Reichelt

Makeup Department
Masami Sato	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Octavio Marin	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Baez	....	second assistant director
Valentino Costa	....	second second assistant director
Matt Henderson	....	first assistant director
Vicente Juarbe	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Carlos Espinoza	....	assistant art director
Cecelia Lubert	....	property master
Megan Riakos	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Lee Ascher	....	boom operator
Lisa Fowle	....	sound editor
Andrew Gohn	....	production sound mixer
Jay Golden	....	second boom operator
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Dean Okrand	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg ten Bosch	....	supervising sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Dimitris Bogiantzis	....	gaffer
Nel Boshof	....	second assistant camera
Brian Kronenberg	....	dolly grip
Brian Kronenberg	....	key grip
Brian Kronenberg	....	still photographer
Jitsu Toyoda	....	best boy electric
William S. White	....	first assistant camera
Harris Charalambous	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Lisa Fowle	....	music editor
Isabel Pappani	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Lori Cordova	....	craft service
Dolly Espinal	....	production assistant
Elisa Forni	....	script supervisor
Jose Garcia	....	location scout/production coordinator
Ben Lopez	....	production assistant
Benjamin Lopez	....	production assistant
Sierra Ornellas	....	key set production assistant
Kevin J. Tunell	....	government liaison

Distributors

• Maya Entertainment (2005) (USA) (all media)
• Maya Releasing

Other Companies

• Dragonfly Sound  sound post-production
• Standing Room Only Cinema  post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content and some language.

Runtime:

Argentina:128 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Excellent directorial debut, that shows Life full of conflicts of catholic Mexican heritage women in American small town today.

An amazingly intriguing piece of 3 different generations of Mexican/ American women in small town America driven by their search for love and honesty. The young director shows in depth the oddity and boredom that come with the life given to her 3 amazingly performed lead characters. The most wonderful casting of real people faces lets you be in their world and experience their love/pain, while underlining this with beautiful artistic images that seem like modern paintings at times. The choice of 35mm anamorphic also emphasizes the emptiness and overwhelmingly loneliness felt for this desert town. The 3 beautiful, funny and different story lines leave you with loaded emotional questions about love and following your heard. This is a must see independent movie!