简介：AGreatandComplexRomanceAboutLove,Ignorance,CorruptionandIntolerance.In1928,inarevolutionaryMexico,inthesmallvillageofProgresonearbytheharborinthedistrictofYucatan,Eliseo(DanielAcuna)isthesonofaviolentstevedore,whoisoneofthefoundersofthelocalUnion.Theboyhasasister,motherandtwofriends,andisnotagoodstudent.Hefrequentlylies,speciallytoavoidthephysicalaggressionsofhisfather.HisteacherFelipa(BlancaGuerra)decidestohelphimtoassumeresponsibilitiesandaskshimtocleanherhousedailybeforegoingtoschool.Felipaisinlovewithasailor.Oneday,Eliseoarriveswoundedduetothebeatingofhisfatherandstaysatherhouseinthenight.Thesolitudeapproachesthemandtheboyhasanintercoursewithher,becomingthefavoritestudentofFelipa.TheiraffairendswhenherbelovedsailorisfounddrownedandFelipamovesfromProgreso.Themainstorycontinuesin1937,whenEliseoisamarriedyoungman,andFelipareturnstoProgreso.Thisfilmisexcellent,havingascreenplaywithmanycharacters,allofthemverywelldefinedfortheviewer,andmanyplotsandsub-plots.Thisromanceisaboutlove,ignorance,corruptionandintolerance.Thedirectionissuperbandtheactorsandactresseshaveamagnificentperformanceinthisverycrediblestory. CarlosCarreradirectedthisMexicandramathatbeginsin1928when13-year-oldlongshoreman'ssonEliseo(DanielAcuna)dreamsofleavingthesoutheasternportofProgresolikehissisterMagda(whoescapeswithcharismaticcircusacrobatRoy).EliseoloseshisvirginitytohisschoolteacherFelipa(BlancaGuerra),butshebecomesthetargetofaccusationsandisdrivenoutoftown.EliseothenbecomesatwosomewithLupita,daughterofhisfather'sboss.Thestoryflashesforwardto1937,whentheadultEliseo(MarioZaragoza)hasmarriedLupita.AfterFelipareturnstothetowntobuildaschool,sheandEliseoonceagainbecomeintimate,andproblemserupt.FullsymphonicscorebyCubancomposerJoséMariaVitier.Shownatthe1998TorontofilmFestivalandincompetitionatthe1998SanSebastianFilmFestival. http://www.guadalajaracinemafest08.com/cat/?p=979…