Amar te duele (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Fernando Sariñana

Guionista:

Carolina Rivera (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 noviembre 2002 (Mexico)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

¿Quién dice que el varo no importa?

Plot:

Renata is a young high-class girl and Ulises is a poor guy. They both fall in love, but they must fight against everyone...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Mexico City | Teenage Love | Diego Rivera | Mallrat

Premios:

9 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Love hurts

Reparto

Luis Fernando Peña	...	Ulises
Martha Higareda	...	Renata
Ximena Sariñana	...	Mariana
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Karla Alvarado
Patricia Bernal	...	Mamá de Renata y Mariana
Andrea Damián	...	Paulina
Pedro Damián	...	Papá de Renata y Mariana
Julio Escalero
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez	...	Mamá de Ulises
Armando Hernández	...	Genaro
Alfonso Herrera	...	Francisco
Cristian Magaloni		(as Christian Magaloni)
Eligio Meléndez	...	Papá de Ulises
José María de Tavira	...	Alejandro
Daniela Torres	...	China
Pablo Velasco	...	Hermano de Ulises

También conocida como:

Amor que duele (Mexico) (working title)
Romance en la plaza (Mexico) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content/nudity, some violence and drug use.

Duración:

Argentina:104 min

País:

Mexico

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | USA:R

Compañía:

Altavista Films

Trivialidades:

Cameo: [Carolina Rivera]The screenwriter appears at the beginning of the movie, using a cell phone.

Love hurts

"Amar te Duele", as well as some recent films from Mexico, introduces international audiences into an inside look of the society south of the border. Director Eduardo Sarinana clearly demonstrates he is an original. In many ways this movie presents the ugly side of discrimination in that country. In a way, the screen play, by Carolina Rivera, capitalizes in a variation of the Romeo and Juliet story, as it presents us with a couple of teen agers in love, each one coming from different worlds.

Ulises, the graffiti artist and comic book writer, is a young man with a lot of talent. His only problem is being poor and coming from the type of family the upper classes of Mexico look down upon because of being 'brown' instead as pure white. Ulises doesn't have anything to be ashamed of; he comes from a loving home where both parents work in their modest business.

Enter the lovely Renata. She is a girl of privilege. We see her and her friends roaming the local mall doing what that type of girl with money and credit cards take for granted. On a dare, she goes to Ulises, who is following her and kisses him, thus setting things in motion for the tragedy that will follow.

Mr. Sarinana is an innovative director. He incorporates some of the popular culture into the film. In a great sequence, we are shown, in split screens and in comic book fashion different aspects of what Ulises has been doing, complete with captions. It is a brilliant departure for traditional Mexican film making. The use of color and black and white is quite remarkable, as it adds another layer to the texture of the finished product.

Unfortunately, the story is doomed from the start. We know how things work and realize there could be no justice, or mercy, for Ulises. For that matter, Renata will not be able to find happiness because in her world, certain things can't be tolerated.

The director gets good performances of his young cast. Luis Fernando Pena and Martha Higareda, as Ulises and Renata, are appealing as the young lovers. Mr. Sarinana also gets great performances of the large ensemble cast.

"Amar te Duele" is worth a look to acquaint yourself with a fine film maker to be reckoned with.