THE PLEASURE IS MINE CLASSIFICATION: C 2015 | Mexico | Color | 80 min. Direction: Elisa Miller Encinas Script: Elisa Miller Encinas | Gabriela Vidal Country: México Production: Fernando Eimbcke| Jaime Ramos | Christian Valdelièvre Production Company: Cinepantera Photography: Matías Penachino Edition: Yibran Asuad | Marí Calle Sound: Uriel Esquenazi | Victor Navarro Cast: Fausto Alzati | Flor Edwarda Gurrola | Camila Sodi Art Direction: Claudio Castelli FICM Awards: Award for First or Second Mexican Feature Film | Mexican Feature Film Section Year of participation at FICM: 2015 SYNOPSIS: Passionately in love and eager to live together as a couple, Rita and Mateo move out of the city and take refuge in the apparent tranquility of Mateo’s deceased father’s country house. Like every new relationship, it is all sex and fun in the beginning until Rita’s desire to become a mother, Mateo’s fear of commitment and an unexpected visit by Alexis, Mateo’s seductive cousin, come between them. Rita and Mateo’s differences surface, testing the shaky foundation their relationship is built on. Soon, a lack of communication and unrequited love unleash the violence that will inevitably spell an end to the couple. An honest portrait of sex as the driving force of our world, it’s a film that accurately reflects the sentiment of our younger generations.
