DRAMA/MEX - SECOND SCREENING

Spanish/English subtitles
Mexico / 2006 / 92 min
11, Sep, 2007 - 5:30 pm
SFU Harbour Centre
Director: Gerardo Naranjo
Producers: Gabriel García Nava, Miriana Moro, Santiago Paredes
Screenwriters: Gerardo Naranjo
Cinematographer: Tobias Datum
Editor: Yibran Ascua
Art Director: Claudio Castelli
Sound: Gabo Reyna
Cast: Diana García, Fernando Becerril, Miriana Moro, Emilio Valdez, Juan Pablo Castañeda
Drama/Mex is a bitter-sweet telling of three intense human relationships that are interlaced during one night in contemporary Acapulco. Once upon a time a luxurious port, now in decadence, Acapulco serves as a background for a suicidal old man, a 15 year old runaway girl, and for a young couple who face the hardships of separation after a tragic break up. We see glimpses of a night that will change their lives and our perception, as we see different points of view of the events.

Drama/Mex yuxtapone tres intensas relaciones humanas que se intercalan durante una noche en el Acapulco contemporáneo que sirve como escenario para un viejo hombre suicida, una quinceañera que huyó de su casa, y una joven pareja que se enfrenta a las dificultades de la separación después de un trágico rompimiento.
Semaine de la Critique CANNES 2006

Actress Miriana Moro in attendance