Five stories blend with love, sex, the emptiness of being unloved, passion and desire: Carlos and Susana go to some uncle´s apartment to make love. Meanwhile, Benito, an 80-year-old, performs a serenade to his wife. His neighbor Adela is told that her mother has Alzheimer and that she will be relocated since the Buenos Aires building she lives in will be demolished. Amado catches his son Carlos stealing his money. Gabriel asks Martha´s parents for her hand in marriage but they condition them to get married at their favorite church. And Patricia, 40, a creative agent, sexually abuses Joel, who directs a beer commercial.
Acting
Tony Dalton and Pedro Damián carry crushing weight.
Direction
Suárez weaves five threads without dropping emotional truth.
Cinematography
Buenos Aires as crumbling character, all warm decay.
Director
Jorge Ramírez Suárez
Luis Ernesto Franco
Carlos
Diana García
Susana
Tony Dalton
Joel
María Aura
Martha
Martín Altomaro
Gabriel
Pedro Damián
Amado
Katharine Towne
Diane
Bruno Bichir
Doctor
Alejandra Barros
Virginia
Eduardo Manzano
Enrique
Isela Vega
Concha
Xavier López
Benito
Itatí Cantoral
Lisa
Álvaro Guerrero
Martha's Father
Claudia Lobo
Martha's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jorge Ramírez Suárez co-wrote Y tu mamá también; this is his far bleurer follow-up on Mexican youth themes.
The demolished building references real 2000s Buenos Aires gentrification that displaced working-class families.
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