| Margarita | |
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| Directed by | Laurie Colbert Dominique Cardona |
| Written by | Laurie Colbert Dominique Cardona Margaret Webb |
| Produced by | Rechna Varma |
| Starring | Nicola Correia-Damude Patrick McKenna Christine Horne Maya Ritter |
| Cinematography | D. Gregor Hagey |
| Edited by | Phyllis Housen |
| Music by | Germaine Franco |
Production company | Rechna Varma Productions |
| Distributed by | Mongrel Media |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Margarita is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Laurie Colbert and Dominique Cardona and released in 2012.[1] The film stars Nicola Correia-Damude as Margarita, a lesbian immigrant from Mexico who works as a nanny for a Toronto couple, but is placed at risk of deportation when their financial situation forces them to let her go.[2] The cast includes Patrick McKenna and Claire Lautier as her employers Ben and Gail, Maya Ritter as their daughter Mali, and Christine Horne as Margarita's girlfriend.[3]
The film premiered at the 2012 Créteil International Women's Film Festival.[4]
- ^ Robert Bell, "Margarita - Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert" Archived 2019-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, June 20, 2013.
- ^ "Margarita: Nanny diaries" Archived 2019-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Now, May 17, 2012.
- ^ Linda Barnard, "Margarita a predictable domestic drama: review" Archived 2019-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, June 20, 2013.
- ^ Shannon Webb-Campbell, "A spoon full of Margarita". Daily Xtra, May 2, 2012.