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TEAR THIS HEART OUT
Arráncame la vida
DIR. Roberto Sneider DRAMA (18+) MEXICO 2008 107 MINS WITH Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María De Tavira

 

 

The human heart is one thing you simply cannot control by force. Mexico’s official entry for the 2009 Academy Awards (and the most expensive production in the country’s history to date), TEAR THIS HEART OUT is an epic adaptation of Angeles Mastretta’s iconic novel of political intrigue.

Set in the 1930s and 40s, the tumultuous era of the Mexican Revolution, it’s the story of a daring and ambitious general (Daniel Giménez Cacho), his exploits of power, and the one woman he needed but could never conquer – his wife (Ana Claudia Talancón). It is the tale of a girl whose spirit could not be broken and a woman whose profound love of a revolutionary composer (José María de Tavira) would change the face of politics from behind the bedroom curtain.

Director Sneider is in full command of the medium, and with sumptuous wide screen cinematography and a heady mix of passion, crime and politics, he builds a convincing period portrait. Released in Mexico in late 2008, TEAR THIS HEART OUT was a huge number one box office hit.

 

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