If you are looking for an action caper look elsewhere.
This movie tells two unrelated histories of two odd couples that consummate their friendships with an embrace.
The first couple is a school boy (not older than 15, since he is wearing a school uniform used in secondary schools in Mexico) and a supermarket cashier girl. The boy is initially attracted to her and musters the courage to approach her, she plays with him while having to deal with serious problems on her own life, and both grow closer to each other almost without noticing.
The second history is more interesting and weirder certainly, here a taxi driver picks up a guy that gets very sick on the taxi, once in the hospital the driver plays the role of a family member which eventually gives him access to the flat of the sick guy. He does this without malice, trying to be helpful along the way, but once inside the flat he decides to spend at least one night there, a more luxurious place than his own, which is shown in flashbacks. But then the daughter of the sick man shows up, after some initial friction they have to deal with the situation that leads to them becoming good friends, in spite of the taxi driver living a lie when he decides to pretend he was a friend of the sick guy.
The acting is quite good all around, the characters are all credible, the history is uncomplicated but presented with competence. Mexico City is a grim but non-threatening background where all the action happens which gives credibility to the two tales.
This movie tells two unrelated histories of two odd couples that consummate their friendships with an embrace.
The first couple is a school boy (not older than 15, since he is wearing a school uniform used in secondary schools in Mexico) and a supermarket cashier girl. The boy is initially attracted to her and musters the courage to approach her, she plays with him while having to deal with serious problems on her own life, and both grow closer to each other almost without noticing.
The second history is more interesting and weirder certainly, here a taxi driver picks up a guy that gets very sick on the taxi, once in the hospital the driver plays the role of a family member which eventually gives him access to the flat of the sick guy. He does this without malice, trying to be helpful along the way, but once inside the flat he decides to spend at least one night there, a more luxurious place than his own, which is shown in flashbacks. But then the daughter of the sick man shows up, after some initial friction they have to deal with the situation that leads to them becoming good friends, in spite of the taxi driver living a lie when he decides to pretend he was a friend of the sick guy.
The acting is quite good all around, the characters are all credible, the history is uncomplicated but presented with competence. Mexico City is a grim but non-threatening background where all the action happens which gives credibility to the two tales.
