Drama/Mex
Gerardo Naranjo
Mexico
2006
I met you. That’s what happened to me.
101", 35mm
Color, Spanish with English subtitles
about the film
Acapulco used to be the jewel of Mexico’s coast, a luxurious tourist destination favored by Westerners. Set against the backdrop of today’s decaying resort town, Drama/Mex is a bitter-sweet interlacing of three relationship stories over the course of one night. Our protagonists are a young couple who must face the heartbreak of separation after a tragic break up, a suicidal middle-aged man, and a 15-year-old runaway girl. The beautiful Fernanda is forced to deal with the sudden emergence of her ex-lover Chino, and her boyfriend Gonzalo must compete with the intense sexual tension these two share. Jaime is an office worker with hidden indiscretions, who is on the verge of suicide. When he escapes to a beachfront hotel, he encounters Tigrillo, a precocious and equally dishonest teenage girl who disrupts his plans. As the night unfolds, the stories converge and we are treated to different points of view of the events that will change their lives. Part homage to French New Wave, part contemporary Mexican reality, Drama/Mex is an absorbing film acclaimed at festivals worldwide that establishes youthful director Naranjo as a filmmaker to look forward to.
about the director
Gerardo Naranjo was born in 1982 in Guanajuato. After his first short Perro Negro, he was invited to study at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. His AFI thesis film The Last Attack of the Beasts won the 2002 Directors Guild of America Directing Award and was invited to more than fifty festivals. In 2003 he wrote and directed his first feature Malachance, followed by Drama/Mex in 2006.
awards
2006 Cannes Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival
London Film Festival
2007 Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Rotterdam Film Festival
Seattle Film Festival
screenings
| February 16 Saturday, 10:30 AM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2 |
| February 20 Wednesday, 12:30 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2 |
| February 22 Friday, 7:30 PM AFM Budak Caddebostan |
credits
- Director
- Gerardo Naranjo
- Screenplay
- Gerardo Naranjo
- Cinematography
- Tobias Datum
- Editing
- Yibr án Asuad
- Cast
- Fernando Becerril, Miriana Moro, Juan Pablo Castañeda
- Producer
- Gabriel García, Santiago Paredes, Miriana Moro
- Production Co.
- Canana Films, Revolcadero Films
- Distribütör
- Canana Films Meghan Monsour Jose Maria Tornel #14, Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11850 Mexico D.F. Tel: +52 55 4777 7939 / +52 55 4777 7938 E-mail: meghan@canana.net
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