''Un secreto de Esperanza'' (released under ''A Beautiful Secret'' in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

-speaking countries) is a 2002

Mexican film Mexican cinema dates to the late nineteenth century during the rule of President Porfirio Díaz. Seeing a demonstration of short films in 1896, Díaz immediately saw the importance of documenting his presidency in order to present an ideal ...

written and directed by

Leopoldo Laborde Leopoldo Laborde (born November 6, 1970) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, photographer, editor and self-made producer. Laborde entered the movie business in 1984 as a production assistant in Mexico City. From 1988 to 1995, starting wit ...

and starring Katy Jurado,

Imanol Imanol is a given name and the Basque language equivalent of Immanuel. It is the first name of several notable people: *Imanol Agirretxe (born 1987), Spanish football forward *Imanol Arias (born 1956), Spanish actor *Imanol Erviti (born 1983), Spa ...

, Jaime Aymerich and Ana de la Reguera. It is an example of a cinematic homage for the last screen appearance of Katy Jurado. This film captures the

magical realism Magical is the adjective for magic. It may also refer to: * Magical (horse) (foaled 2015), Irish Thoroughbred racehorse * "Magical" (song), released in 1985 by John Parr * '' Magical: Disney's New Nighttime Spectacular of Magical Celebrations'', ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

as well as telling a genuinely touching tale about the unlikeliest of

friendship Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "association", such as a classmate, neighbor, coworker, or colleague. In some cultures, the concept o ...

s. It won several awards in

film festivals A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

around the world.

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* 2002 films Mexican drama films 2000s Spanish-language films 2002 drama films Estudios Churubusco films Magic realism films 2000s Mexican films {{2000s-drama-film-stub

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