''America'' is a 2011 Puerto Rican
drama film directed by
Sonia Fritz
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based on a published fiction novel ''El Sueño de America'' (1996) by Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
84th Academy Awards, but was disqualified because of a rule change.
Cast
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Lymari Nadal
Lymari Nadal Torres (born 11 February 1978) is a Puerto Rican actress, film producer and scriptwriter. She has performed in several films including '' American Gangster'' and '' Battlestar Galactica: The Plan.'' In 2011, she also produced he ...
as America
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Yancey Arias
Yancey Arias (born June 27, 1971) is an American actor. He played Miguel Cadena in the NBC series '' Kingpin'' and Gabriel Williams in the FX series ''Thief''.
Life and career
Arias's mother, Miriam, is Puerto Rican and his father, Tony, is Col ...
as Correa
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Yareli Arizmendi
Yareli Arizmendi (1964) is a Mexican actress, writer, and director.
Born in Mexico City, Arizmendi went to high school in Kansas (Academy of Mt. St. Scholastica), then received a BA in Political Science and her MFA in Theatre from the graduate act ...
as Maria
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Talia Rothenberg as Rosalinda
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Marisé Alvarez as Elena
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Teresa Hernández as Paulina
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Eyra Aguero Joubert
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as Lourdes
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Edward James Olmos as Mr. Irving
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Frank Perozo
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as Dario
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Tony Plana
José Antonio Plana (born April 19, 1952) is a Cuban actor and director. He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show ''Ugly Betty'' and for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video game ''Grim ...
as Leopoldo
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Isaac Santiago
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as NYC Cop#1
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Monica Steuer
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as Karen Leverett
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Rachel Ticotin
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as Esther
See also
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References
External links
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2011 films
2011 drama films
2010s Spanish-language films
Puerto Rican films
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