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ORIGINAL TITLE:  Me estás matando Susana

DIRECTED BY: Roberto Sneider

STARS: Gael García Bernal, Verónica Echegui, Ashley Hinshaw, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Barbara Garrick, Gabino Rodríguez, Andrés Almeida, Tristan Carlucci, Jadyn Wong, Maite Suarez Ten, Julian Sedgwick, Will Woytowich, Adam Hurtig , Maite Suarez Diez, Gordon Tanner, Jeremy Walmsley, Ilse Salas, Juan Pablo Medina

RUNTIME: 102 minutes

GENRE:  Comedy

SYNOPSIS: Eligio (Gael Garcia Bernal), a fun-loving, charismatic actor wakes up one morning to realize that his wife Susana (Veronica Echegui) has left him without a word or warning. He looks for her everywhere trying to understand why. His certainty that things were great between them erodes as he speaks with everyone who may know where she is. After a few months Eligio discovers that she is at a writer's workshop in Iowa. Eligio sells off his car and gets on a plane from his native Mexico City to go after her. From the moment he gets off the plane in the Midwest university town Eligio is like a fish out of water. Things only get worse when the short, dark and loquacious Eligio discovers Susana has started a relationship with poet Slawomir. After some heated arguments Susana and Eligio end up making passionate love. The reconciliation is fun, joyful and romantic, and Eligio decides to stay with her until she finishes her workshop. But little by little Eligio returns to his antics that made Susana leave him in the first place, and Susana will have none of that.

 

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AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

MÁLAGA FILM FESTIVAL

Official selection

ARIEL AWARDS

Six nominations including Best feature, best direction and best male lead

REVIEW

«The film examines modern masculinity, Mexican stereotypes and especially the privilege of
beauty»

THE VILLAGE VOICE

«A well interpreted and narrated film»

EL PAÍS

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