# Search for a movie that tells the story of a mother and her daughter. The first scene in the movie is that the girl submits her papers to a university and they read her story. They are immigrants. The mother works in the home of a Western family. The most

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/search-for-a-movie-that-tells-the-story-of-a-mother-and-her-daughter-the-first-scene-in-the-movie-is-that-the-girl-submits-her-papers-to-a-university-and-they-read-her-story-they-are-immigrants-the-mother-works-in-the-home-of-a-western-family-the-most/5481/1 "2024-01-06T19:52:58Z")

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Search for a movie that tells the story of a mother and her daughter. The first scene in the movie is that the girl submits her papers to a university and they read her story. They are immigrants. The mother works in the home of a Western family. The most important word the daughter says to her mother after she sees children saying it is (I want my own space). Her mother gets angry with her and says there is no Spaces between us

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**Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/search-for-a-movie-that-tells-the-story-of-a-mother-and-her-daughter-the-first-scene-in-the-movie-is-that-the-girl-submits-her-papers-to-a-university-and-they-read-her-story-they-are-immigrants-the-mother-works-in-the-home-of-a-western-family-the-most/5481/2 "2024-01-06T22:24:22Z")

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spanglish

> **[Spanglish (film)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanglish_(film))**
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> Spanglish is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by James L. Brooks and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, and Cloris Leachman.
> The film was released in the United States on December 17, 2004, by Columbia Pictures. It was a box office bomb, grossing $55 million worldwide on an $80 million production budget. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Sandler and Vega, but criticism for the plot.
> For Cristina Moreno's P...

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**Author:** ![Peste](https://filmfind.me/user_avatar/filmfind.me/peste/32/2156_2.png) [@Peste](https://filmfind.me/u/Peste)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 7:26am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/search-for-a-movie-that-tells-the-story-of-a-mother-and-her-daughter-the-first-scene-in-the-movie-is-that-the-girl-submits-her-papers-to-a-university-and-they-read-her-story-they-are-immigrants-the-mother-works-in-the-home-of-a-western-family-the-most/5481/3 "2024-01-10T07:26:20Z")

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Hello, is this **“The Namesake”** by Mira Nair (2006). The film is based on the novel of the same name by _Jhumpa Lahiri_.