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Synopsis
For his sophomore effort, Drama/Mex, writer-director Gerardo Naranjo (Malachance) juxtaposes three back-to-back stories, set in the once lush and exclusive - now over-commercialized and garish - resort town of Acapulco, over the course of the same long, hot night. Naranjo mounts an experimental narrative structure, with each successive tale set backward in time just prior to the end of the last story - a "relay-style" structural experimentation that mirrors and recalls Fernando Mereilles's City of God). The first tale involves a thief Chano (Emilio Valdés who crops up and threatens the sanctity of ex-girlfriend Fernanda's (Diana García) relationship with Gonzalo (Juan Pablo Castañeda), even breaking into her house to win her back. In the second story, someone tips Gonzalo off that Fernanda has been seen kissing Chano in a crowded restaurant. In desperation, Gonzalo hires a mariachi band and serenades Fernanda outside of her house. The third tale concerns Jaime (Fernando Becerril) who, after lifting the company payroll and using part of it to rent a beachfront property, contemplates suicide - until a relationship with an equally dishonest fifteen-year-old runway and scam artist, Tigrillo (Miriana Moro) grants him a new lease on life. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

Alejandro Reza Casting
Tobias Datum Cinematographer
Chimo Bayo Composer (Music Score)
Julio Preciado Composer (Music Score)
Annai Ramos Costume Designer
Gerardo Naranjo Director
Yibran Asuad Editor
Diego Luna Executive Producer
Gabriel Garcia Executive Producer
Gael García Bernal Executive Producer
Kyzza Terrazas Executive Producer
Pablo Cruz Executive Producer
Renato Ornelas Executive Producer
Yibran Asuad Executive Producer
Lynn Fainchtein Musical Direction/Supervision
Gabriel Garcia Producer
Miriana Moro Producer
Santiago Paredes Producer
Claudio Castelli Production Designer
Gerardo Naranjo Screenwriter
Gabriel Reyna Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 2006
Runtime: 92
Country: Mexico
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Sound
Dolby Digital
DTS

Produced by
"La Bella Sobriedad
Canada Films
Canana
El Revolcadero
IMCINE
La Bella Sobriedad
Revolcadero Films

Release
July 13, 2007 (USA - Limited)
by IFC First Take

Awards
2006 - Film Presented - Toronto International Film Festival
2006 - Film Presented - London Film Festival
2007 - Film Presented - Rotterdam International Film Festival
2007 - Film Presented - Karlovy Vary International Film Festiva