Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 10/13/2000
Dubbed: English
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Vanguard Cinema

In this independent drama, three teenage girls find themselves dealing with that most adult of responsibilities, parenthood, when they unexpectedly become pregnant. Shanika (Tamara LaSeon Bass) was abandoned by her drug-addicted mother and has bounced from one foster home to another ever since. When she meets an older man, she's desperately looking for love, but has to settle for sex, and is unprepared for the consequences. Aracely (Tonatzin Mondragon) is forced out of her family's home when her parents discover she's having a baby. With nowhere else to go, she moves in with her boyfriend; however, he is barely able to provide for himself, let along help support Aracely and the baby. And Tina (Keely Vint) was herself the child of a teenage mother. Tina passes herself from one boyfriend to another; when she discovers she's pregnant, she realizes to her despair she not sure who the father is. Bellyfruit was shown as part of the 1999 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Tamara LaSeon Bass -
Tonatzin Mondragon -
Kelly Vint -
Michael Peņa -
T.E. Russell -
Bonnie Dickenson -
James DuMont -

Production:
Kerri Green - Director
Robert Bauer Bonnie Dickenson - Producer
Elyse Katz - Co Producer
Jay Gruska - Composer
Peter Calvin - Cinematographer
Regina O'Brien - Production Designer
Elizabeth Boykewich - Casting

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