Directed by:
Henning CarlsenCinematography:
Alejandro MartínezCast:
Ángela Molina, Emilio Echevarría, Alejandra Barros, Geraldine Chaplin, Dominika Paleta, Marco Treviño, Rodrigo Oviedo, Edison Ruíz, Arturo Beristáin (more)Plots(1)
El Sabio (Emilio Echevarría), an old critic at a Caribbean newspaper, has spent all his life as a bachelor. As a child he idolized his mother to such a degree that after her death he could never attach himself seriously to any other woman. At twelve he, by mistake, paid his first visit to a brothel, an act frequently repeated throughout his lifetime. On the eve of his 90th birthday he decides to give himself "a night of mad love with a young virgin". An encounter with an innocent young girl (Paola Medina) is set up by the madam of a brothel (Geraldine Chaplin) which he used to visit when younger. Before he gets 91 he goes through an emotional drama that includes love, hate, jealousy, murder and disappointments enough to be the death of people younger than el Sabio. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ángela Molina
Spain
Best movies:
Live Flesh (1997)
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Emilio Echevarría
Mexico
Best movies:
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Alejandra Barros
Mexico
Best movies:
Matando Cabos (2004)
Original Gangsters (2007)
Geraldine Chaplin
USA
Best movies:
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
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Dominika Paleta
Poland
Best movies:
Marco Treviño
Mexico
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Rodrigo Oviedo
Mexico
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Arturo Beristáin
Best movies:
Letters from Marusia (1976)
Castle of Purity (1973)
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Gastón Melo
Best movies:
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The Beginning and the End (1993)
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Ofelia Medina
Mexico
Best movies:
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Evangelina Sosa
Mexico
Best movies:
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