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3rd Annual
Cine Mexicano:The Mexican Film Series
August 17 - November 22, 2001
Demasiado Amor.
Karina Gidi as Beatriz in Demasiado Amor.
Don't be left out from seeing the very best of Mexican Cinema. Buy a Cine Mexicano Series Pass today to guarantee your seat! Click here.

October 19 - 25
Demasiado Amor  
2001, 35mm, Color, 97 min., Mexico - Spain
In Spanish, WITH English subtitles

Screening times:

  • October 19 - 7:30 & 10:00 p.m. (Click here for details on Opening Night Reception)
  • October 20, Saturday - 12:45, 3:00, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m
  • October 21, Sunday - 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m
  • October 22 - 25, Monday thru Thursday - 5:15, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m

Winner of BEST ACTRESS (Karina Gidi) at the 2001 Muestra de Cine Guadalajara!
Demasiado Amor
Karina Gidi as Beatriz in Demasiado Amor.
Just released in Mexico, Demasiado Amor is an entertaining romantic comedy that makes you want to pack your bags and travel throughout Mexico. The exquisite cinematography depicting various beautiful locations in Mexico is the work of Gabriel Figueroa Jr. (SDLFF 1998), the son of one of the greatest cinematographers of all times (Gabriel Figueroa). The film follows two sisters, Beatriz and Laura who have a dream: to go to another country, set up a boarding house and live off their rent income. They have been planning it for years and, finally, overburdened by the crisis and routine, one day they decide that one of them must leave and get the project started. They leave it to chance. And luck has it that her sister, and not Beatriz, will leave first. In her loneliness, Beatriz begins to live three different lives and three different dreams. On the one hand, is that of joining her sister in Spain, on the other hand, that of certain easy loves, and finally, that of a true and passionate love. In the process, Beatriz will take a long journey to her self-interior. A trip that will take her to conclude that the happiness is not abroad, and that will allow her to recognize, to rediscover and to accept herself.  Demasiado Amor also has a great soundtrack which includes the hit song "Acaríciame" recorded for the film by Mexican singing sensation Julieta Venegas. Ms. Vengas' most recent work can be heard also on the hit film Amores Perros ("Me Van a Matar").

What the press in Mexico say about Demasiado Amor...

"Extraordinaria fotografía de Gabriel Figueroa hijo, pasando por las impecables actuaciones y el excelente guión que logra momentos de verdadera emotividad al lado de geniales toques de humor, logran redondear un filme de calidad internacional." - Enrique González / Mural (Reforma Guadalajara)

"Demasiado Amor parte de la condición tradicional, vivida por la mujer mexicana hacia una progresiva liberación de su ser. Vision inusual en el cine nacional y la más profunda y ambiciosa de su tipo." - Eduardo Alvarado / Reforma.

"Simpática comedia de ribetes fantasiosos sobre elvcambio radical en la vida de una mujer solitaria que a partir del encuentro casual con un galán seductor, se abreval mundo del goce sexual y la liberación personal" - Leonardo García Tsao / La Jornada

"Un cuento de hadas moderno que encabalga realismo y fantasía, verosimilitud poco común de Karina Gidi al frente de un reparto de actores, que claman un lugar en este renacimiento del cine mexicano". - Rafael Aviña / Reforma

Director: Ernesto Rimoch
Screenplay: Eva Saraga & Ernesto Rimoch, based on the award-winning novel by Sara Sefchovich
Cinematography: Gabriel Figueroa Flores 
Art Director: Gloria Carrasco
Music: Joan Valent
Sound: Carlos Aguilar & Santiago Nuñez
Editor: Julia Juaniz
Cast: Ari Telch, Karina Gidi, Martín Altomaro, Daniel Martínez, Raúl Méndez, Ana Karina Guevara, María Rojo, Luisa Huertas, Gabriela Roel, Xavier Elorriaga
Producers: Ernesto Rimoch, Artífice Producciones-Ariane-Aiete Films-TVE -Canal + España-Albares Productions; México-España-Francia, 2001

For additional information, please visit the film's official website. Click here http://www.demasiadoamor.com

Demasiado Amor.
Ari Telch & Karina Gidi in Demasiado Amor.
Ernesto Rimoch (Director, Producer & Scriptwriter)

 Ernesto Rimoch (Mexico City, 1951) is a producer and film director. His short film Boceto, allowed him to enter the National Film School (England) in 1978. Later on, he produced the film Mask, an adaptation of Julio Cortázar's story "El Perseguidor", which was rewarded at the Alés festival in France, and nominated for the Grierson Award in Great Britain. From 1982 to 1994 he resided in Paris, where he produced the documentaries Como Julio, México, Los Tres Sismos and La Línea. His first fiction film, El Anzuelo (1995) obtained the three Prizes of the Jury at the Guadalajara's Film Festival in 1996, the Ariel and the Diosa de Plata in 1996 for the Best First Film, among other awards. It also participated in numerous international festivals: Toronto, San Sebastian, Los Angeles (A.F.I.), Mar del Plata, Amiens, and Toulouse (France), Puerto Rico, Huelva, La Habana, Chicago Latino and Munich.  Currently, he is president of the Mexican Association of Independent Producers (AMPI), and a member of the Mexico–USA Bi-national Committee for Promotion of the Film Industry.

Location: Mann Hazard Center 7 (7510 Hazard Center Drive in Mission Valley)

Tickets: $7.50 General Admission / $5.50 Students and Seniors

Individual tickets can be purchased prior to each screening at the Mann Hazard Center 7 box office. For advanced tickets, click here (link to tickets page)

Rated R. For strong sexual content.

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