consider esperanza diaz and a young widow who must deal with the death of her teen age daughter blanca . she be inconsolable and to say the least . esperanza discovers one day the image of saint jude and the patron saint of impossible cause and in the door of her grimy oven and which she have neglect because she have no easy off cleaner . the saint speak to her and tell her blanca be alive . esperanza run to the church to tell it to father salvador and who go along try to appease the distraught woman . esperanza and who share a house with another woman and soledad and know blanca death doesn not make sense . the girl go into the hospital for a minor procedure and end up dead and under mysterious circumstance . her body be never release to esperanza because supposedly it can spread a certain type of virus . in try to see blanca doctor and esperanza be tell he no longer practice in the hospital . when st. jude appear again and he tell her about a pink house where blanca be keep against her wish . the house happen to be in tijuana and a far away place from her small town in veracruz . esperanza decides to follow her hunch and end up in the northern border city . in tijuana she get a run around and and she end up in a series of situation that involve prostitution and something that she do against he will because she be determine to find her daughter . her quest take her to los angeles and a city that prove to be not too friendly to esperanza and but in which she end up find love when she meet a wrestling star that fall in love with her . esperanza and who decide to go back to veracruz finally get a vision of blanca in a mirror on a wall of her house . when the wrestler show up in her town and she decide to take the chance and not before rip the wall where she can see blanca image . alejandro springall and the director of this wonderfully entertaining film and show a natural talent for bring together all the element and make it work . the film be base on a novel by maria amparo escandon and who also appear briefly in the film . santitos make quite an impression when it be present at the sundance film festival . the film mix superstition with an adventure . the second half of the film be a road movie a esperanza set out to bring blanca home . dolores heredia do a splendid job a esperanza . she give an inspired performance and hold the picture together . this sunny actress should be see more often because she prove to be a natural in front of the camera . others in the film include damian bichir and in a small role . alberto estrella and roberto cobo and ana berta espin contribute to enhance the film . santitos merit a view and it a shame it do not get a wider distribution in this country .