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2011 | Color | 125 min

Emilia, a housewife overwhelmed by the mediocrity of her life and by her husband´s failure, dissatisfied and exhausted by motherhood, feels that life is passing her by. One day, the same awful day that her distant lover leaves her, her credit card is cancelled for non-payment in the past few months. In her empty, desolate apartment, Emilia makes up her mind to do something she´s contemplated for a long time: commit suicide. Curiously, her death brings her deceived husband and elusive lover together.


Country: México, España
Direction: Ripstein; Arturo
Script: Garciadiego; Paz Alicia
Production: Morales; María José, Fiesco; Roberto
Photography: Cantú; Alejandro
Sound: Narváez del Valle; Armando, Juárez Espino; Omar
Music: Mansfield; David
Cast:Cruz; Vladimir, Haza; Plutarco, Reyes Spíndola; Patricia, Suárez; Alejandro, Padilla; Pilar, Arroyo; Paola, Chávez; Carlos, Aura; Marta, Meléndez; Eligio, García Rojas; Horacio, Ramírez; Arcelia, Torres; Harold
Art direction: Cabriada; Sandra
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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