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3rd Annual
Cine Mexicano:The Mexican Film Series

August 17 - November 22, 2001

Sexo, Pudor, y LagrimasDon'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.

September 14 - 20
Sexo, Pudor, y Lagrimas   
1999, 35mm, Color, 105 min., Mexico
In Spanish, WITH English subtitles

Screening times:

  • September 14, Friday - 7:30 & 10:00 p.m. (Click here for details on Opening Night Reception)
  • September 15, Saturday - 12:45, 3:00, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m
  • September 16, Sunday - 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m
  • September 17 - 20, Monday thru Thursday - 5:15, 7:30 & 10:00 p.m
  • Highest grossing film in Mexico's history!
  • Winner of four "Ariels" in 2000
  • Winner of BEST FIRST WORK at the 1999 Muestra de Cine Guadalajara!
Sexo, Pudor, y LagrimasOriginally a successful stage play in Mexico, the amusing trials and tribulations of two young couples in an upscale Mexican neighborhood frustrated at their failure to live up to their professional and personal ambitions. After hedonist Ana and slouchy husband Carlos split up, and high-strung ex-model Andrea gets fed up with the constant infidelities of ad executive spouse Miguel, the men decide to take one apartment and the women another, with comic results. The story holds on with great acting, a superb dialogue, and a very modern soundtrack. Highly recommended, especially for its original script and its witty dialogue. The surprise hit of 1999, S.P.Y.L. (as it became known among Mexico's young hip crowd) is a hilarious and sometimes poignant romp through a world most of us only see through a telescopic lens, behind closed curtains or across a crowded city street. Come spy with us. It will be fun! Featuring Mexican sex symbol Demian Bichir (Santitos, Todo el Poder). S.P.Y.L. became the most successful domestic film ever, in the history of Mexican cinema.

Director: Antonio Serrano
Starring: Demian Bichir, Susana Zabaleta, Monica Dionne, Jorge Salinas
Produced by: Matthias Ehrenberg & Christian Valdelievre
Screenplay by: Antonio Serrano (from his play)
Production design: Brigitte Broch
Photography: Xavier Perez Grobet
Edited by: Samuel Larson
Music by: Aleks Syntek

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      Sexo, Pudor, y LagrimasAntonio Serrano
      Es director de teatro y televisión egresado de la carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación en la especialidad de cine de la Universidad Iberoamericana de la Ciudad de México. Realizó de manera paralela estudios de teatro en México y en el exterior:
      Centro Universitario de Teatro de la UNAM, The Royal Webber Academy of Dramatic Arts (Londres), Eugenio Barba y el Odin (Dinamarca), Phillippe Gaullier (Francia) y Carlos Bosso (Italia). Trabajó como actor durante cinco años en compañías teatrales europeas: Cantiere de Trieste (Italia), Sheer Madness (Holanda) y el Teatro Tag de Venecia (Italia). A su regreso a México escribió y dirigió sus propios montajes: A destiempo (1987), Doble cara (1989), Café americano (1994), La decadencia del imperio (1995) y Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1992), punto de partida para el guión de Sexo, pudor y lágrimas, su primera película. Ha dirigido más de cuatrocientas horas de televisión incluídos dos de los más importantes éxitos recientes de la televisión mexicana: Nada personal (1996) y Mirada de mujer (1997), ambas producidas por Argos Televisión. Antes había dirigido las telenovelas Teresa y La edad de oro, lo mismo que varios programas especiales producidos por Televisa. Recibió varios premios por la dirección de las obras de teatro Doble cara y Sexo, pudor y lágrimas. Su trabajo como director de Nada personal le mereció la "India Catalina" a la Mejor Dirección de Serie Televisiva otorgada por el Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena (Colombia).

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

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

      Director Antonio Serrano.
      Director Antonio Serrano.
      Individual tickets can be purchased prior to each screening at the Mann Hazard Center 7 box office. For advanced tickets, click here .

      Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some drug use.

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