America is a 2011 Puerto Rican drama film directed by Sonia Fritz 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 at the 84th Academy Awards, but was disqualified because of a rule change.[1]

America
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Directed bySonia Fritz
Written bySonia Fritz
Miguel Machalski
Lymari Nadal
Produced byFrances Lausell
StarringLymari Nadal
CinematographyWillie Berrios
Release date
  • 11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryPuerto Rico
LanguageSpanish

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References

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  1. ^ "Academy unveils 63 foreign Oscar entries". Variety. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
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