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Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera
Story is a heart wrenching truetale
of Luz Cuevas’—played by
Judy Reyes (Scrubs)—persistent
suspicion that her infant daughter,
Delimar did not die in a tragic
house fire, but was still alive and
had been kidnapped. There is no
denying a mother’s love, strength
and conviction, however, everyone
around Luz wants her to just
let her notion go and move on with
life. But of course, she refuses.
When Luz and her husband
Pedro Vera—portrayed by Hector
Luis Bustamante—go to their
daughter’s room shortly after the
explosion, Luz tries her best to
reach her child’s crib, but the fire
is too severe. However, she does
have time to notice that the window
to her daughter’s room was
open and the crib was empty before
Pedro pulls her out to safety.
Luz realizes that something isn’t
right. Luz’s denial of her daughter’s
death not only essentially
costs her, her marriage, but ultimately
her sanity as well.
What’s most shocking about
Luz’s kidnapping theory is that her
cousin, Valerie Valleja (Ana Ortiz
of Ugly Betty) pretended to have
given birth to her own child days
before the fire; but as it turns out
the child that Valerie “gives birth
to” is actually Luz’s daughter, Delimar.
Baby thief, Valerie, even had
the audacity to invite the Vera’s
to her “daughter’s” sixth birthday
party, where Luz was able to get
a look at Delimar (who’s name is
Aliyah in Valerie’s home). Convincing
Delimar that she had gum in
her hair, Luz was able to get a
few strands to use for a DNA test,
which eventually proved that she
was the true mother. After six
years of standing alone, Luz finally
gains a politician’s support—Angel
Cruz, played by A. Martinez.
Fully dramatic in it’s own right, Little Girl Lost highlights the incredible
acting chops of usually
sassy Judy Reyes and Ana Ortiz.
The entire cast succeeded in
embracing the realism as well as
the humanity of the story. Director
Paul A. Kaufman proved that there
is nothing like a true-life drama to
get your tear ducts in motion.
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