10 · 26 · 15 El Placer es Mío by Elisa Miller at the 13th FICM Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Jaime Garba, reportero (@jaimegarba) Mexican director Elisa Miller is competing in the 13th FICM with her feature film El placer es mío / The Pleasure is Mine (2015). Miller studied filmmaking at the CCC film school. Her short film Ver llover (2007) received the award for Best Fiction Short Film at the 4th FICM and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. Her short film Roma (2008) and her feature film Verte más lejos Alicia (2010) have been shown at previous editions of FICM. The Pleasure is Mine is about a young couple who move to the country with the intention of making it a self sustaining space. What begins as a portrait of a normal and loving relationship subtly starts to deteriorate due to the dissatisfactions and frustrations of each one. The plot of The Pleasure is Mine revolves around the psychology of the two main characters, which are constructed so that the silences, looks and atmosphere speak louder than the dialogue. Elisa Miller. Later, the premiere of The Pleasure is Mine before the public was held in a gala event with red carpet and the presence of talent. In the question and answer session they said: Elisa Miller on what inspired her to tell this story: “What a question! The inspiration in the beginning is from life itself, the failed love affairs. The idea was to do a portrait of my generation, having turned 30 years old. Also the expulsion from paradise, call it idyllic love. Who has not been expelled from that paradise?” Fausto Alzati on his character: “I just saw it [the film]. It will take a few weeks to digest it all. On the set you felt what was happening. I think Mexican cinema focuses a lot on stories of drug trafficking and all those tragedies that are close to us daily. And this film touches on what happens at the end of the day of any person, whether it be a hit man, a drug dealer, a police officer. That is, how we deal with solitude in private. I had to empathize with the character, let his inertia take over, his awkwardness, his brutality, his libido and…all this is very strange.” Elisa Miller on identifying with the female character: “I think we all are Rita and I think there is something in that recognition which is not said with pride. There is something embarrassing about accepting yourself as Rita. In the end, being an imperfect, but beautiful person is the human condition.” Following is a photo gallery of both events:
