Deficit

Gael García Bernal
Mexico
2007

You know how those spoiled brats are!

79", 35mm
Color, Spanish with English subtitles

about the film

Actor Gael García Bernal makes his directorial debut with Deficit, a free-wheeling tale of a weekend house party gone wrong that perceptively addresses class issues in contemporary Mexico. Cristobal (played by Bernal), a rich, bourgeois, hip-hop fan whose father is a corrupt businessman in exile, invites his friends over for a barbecue at his parents’ plush weekend home in the country. His younger sister and her hippie, pill-popping friends are also there, enjoying the pool and anticipating a wild party. When Cristobal’s friends arrive with Dolores, an Argentinian beauty, he gives his girlfriend wrong directions to the house in order to buy some time with her. Inevitably a comic yet poignant clash between the vastly different groups of friends occurs. Even worse, as the sun sets and the party gets underway, a class struggle of a different kind begins to build up when Adan, the gardener who has known Cristobal since childhood, shows some interest in Dolores. Brimming with the exuberant energy of its youthful cast, Déficit is an honest take on the dynamics of class in contemporary Mexico that will seem eerily familiar to Turkish audiences.

about the director

Gael García Bernal was born in Guadalajara and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He acted in several plays, soap operas and short films before making his feature film debut in Amores perros (2000). He quickly established himself internationally with performances in And Your Mother Too (2001), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Bad Education (2004), The Science of Sleep (2006) and Babel (2006). Deficit is his directorial debut.

awards

2007 Toronto Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival

screenings

February 16 Saturday, 7:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

February 17 Sunday, 10:30 AM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

February 24 Sunday, 1:00 PM AFM Budak Caddebostan

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