Un Secreto de Esperanza is a 2002 Mexican film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 written and directed by Leopoldo Laborde

Leopoldo Laborde

Leopoldo Laborde is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, photographer, editor and self-made producer. He entered the movie business in 1984 as a production assistant in Mexico City. In the years between 1988-1995 he shot four feature films on home-video and developed his skills as a...

 and starring Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado , born María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García in Mexico, D.F., was a Mexican actress who had a successful film career both in Mexico and in Hollywood....

, Imanol

Imanol

The name Imanol is the Basque language equivalent of Immanuel. It is the first name of several notable people:*Imanol Agirretxe , Spanish footballer*Imanol Arias , Spanish actor*Imanol Erviti , Spanish road cyclist...

, Jamie Aymerich and Ana de la Reguera

Ana de la Reguera

Anabell Gardoqui "Ana" de la Reguera is a Mexican actress who has starred in telenovelas, films and the HBO television series Eastbound & Down.-Early life:...

. It is an example of a cinematic homage for the last screen appearance of Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado

Katy Jurado , born María Cristina Estela Marcela Jurado García in Mexico, D.F., was a Mexican actress who had a successful film career both in Mexico and in Hollywood....

. This film captures the magical realism of Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

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

Friendship

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It was won several awards in Film Festivals around the world.