the right social connections to provide her with letters of recommendation. In desperation, Larita decides to visit Hemingway to see if he will write a reference for her, but she discovers he is away in Africa. Larita bitterly blames her mother for the fact that she is disadvantaged by poverty and illegitimacy. When she stays home from school pretending to be sick, her favorite teacher, Dr. Martinez, visits her and offers encouragement. To Larita's complaints about her poverty she says: "You're not exactly living under a bridge." Meanwhile, at school, the student protests climax, the student association tries to get students to boycott classes, and Victor is arrested. Later that year, Larita takes a job at a coffee bar. One evening near Easter the scholarship administrator walks by and recognizes her. They establish that they recognize one another, but nothing else is said except the simplest wish from the administrator that Larita enjoy the holiday. Cast Laura de la Uz as Larita Raúl Paz as Victor José Antonio Rodríguez as Tomás Herminia Sánchez as Josefa Micheline Calvert as Miss Amalia Marta del Rio as Doctor Martínez Wendy Guerra as Estela DVD release The film was released on DVD in the USA in April 2002. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. See also List of submissions to the 64th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Cuban submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links 1990 films Cuban drama films 1990s Spanish-language films Films set in Cuba Films shot in Cuba Films about novels Works about Ernest Hemingway