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Overview

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7.0/10   347 votes
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Director:
Issa López
Writer:
Issa López (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
1 September 2006 (Mexico) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Every action has more than one reaction more
Plot:
A comedy about four young adults adrift in Mexico City. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Basterds, the Ira and the real Mad Men
 (From IFC. 17 August 2009, 7:01 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
not great, not bad, but just above average more (13 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Marina de Tavira ... Marina

Alejandra Gollas ... Mimí (as Alejandra Gollás)
Arturo Barba ... Adán
Pedro Izquierdo ... Ignacio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aarón Aguilar ... Guardia Separos

Moises Arizmendi ... Santiago
José Antonio Barón ... Productor de Tv
Eugenio Bartilotti ... Borrego
Fernando Berzosa ... Camillero
Humberto Cares ... Gerente de super
Irán Castillo ... Gabriela
Susana Contreras ... Old woman 2

Joaquín Cosio ... Conductor

Tony Dalton ... Gerardo
Laura De Ita ... Cajera
Jorge de los Reyes ... Employee
Yuriria del Valle ... Pinky Pinky
Cecilia De Tavira ... Marina - 18 años
Natasha Dupeyrón ... Mimí - 18 años
Julieta Egurrola ... Carola
Andrés Emmanuelli ... Modelo Valla
Luis Garcia Carranza ... Taka - 18 años

Mónica Huarte ... Chori
Hector Kotsifakis ... Totopo

Verónica Langer ... Miss Lola

Guillermo Larrea ... Ejecutivo Aerolínea
Patricia Llaca ... Chule
Catalina López ... Nana
María Fernanda Malo ... Jossie
Gerardina Martínez ... Azúcar

Luis Gerardo Mendez ... Ignacio joven
Gerardo Mercado ... Negro

Fernando Noriega ... Totopo - 18 años
Regina Orozco ... Lorena
Estela Pacheco ... Old Woman 1
Mariola Pedotti ... Modelo Valla
Arnoldo Picazzo ... Asistente Dirección TV
Darío T. Pie ... Director de TV
José Roberto Pisano ... Adán - 18 años
Verónica Quezada ... Mujer en separos
Karine Rangel ... María Risa
Aixchelli Sánchez Valle ... Niña en foro
Manuel Sevilla ... Paramédico
Danae Vázquez ... Mujer en separos
Óscar Yoldi ... Taka
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Radicales libres (Mexico) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use.
Runtime:
Brazil:111 min
Country:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Mexico:B15 | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The director worked for a whole year with the lead actors, to create the characters and the story, from her notes, ideas, and their improvisations and input. more
Quotes:
Ignacio: We are all an statistic waiting to happen. more
Soundtrack:
Kinkinzazo more

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3 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
not great, not bad, but just above average, 13 March 2007
6/10
Author: karas006 from United States

You can't give this movie a 10, you just can't. Just like you can't give it a zero or a one or two. A lot of people get on here and let their emotions take over and end up giving too good reviews or i hate this movie reviews. This movie had the potential to be great but some weak performances and a rushed end makes it fall in the mediocrity of many Mexican movies. A i won't even criticize the end but i thought it was pathetic. Its the classic tale of Mexicans that haven't grown up and live in the amazing (right...) city of Mexico city. I am sick of Mexico city and movies. Why not go somewhere else? Guadalajara is pretty nice, Monterrey is better, Juarez is just as violent. But as i was saying. Is this movie worth your time? Yes. Will it blow you away? no, look somewhere else to be blown away. This movie tries to be serious without getting serious. And that's what makes it interesting and quite funny at times.

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