| Con el cuerpo prestado | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tulio Demicheli |
| Screenplay by | Tulio Demicheli |
| Story by | Álvaro de la Iglesia |
| Starring | Sasha Montenegro María Sorté |
| Cinematography | Miguel Garzón |
| Edited by | Sergio Soto |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Con el cuerpo prestado (English: "With a Borrowed Body") is a 1983 Mexican fantasy comedy film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Sasha Montenegro and María Sorté.
Plot
Marta (Montenegro), a woman who tries to commit suicide, is saved by another, Carlota (Sorté), from drowning, but in preventing it Carlota herself dies drowned. After a while, Carlota returns in spirit to take possession of Marta's body and thus meet the man she loved in life.
Cast
- Sasha Montenegro as Marta Jiménez de Arias
- María Sorté as Carlota Beltrán
- Carlos Piñar as Roberto Arias Salgado
- Otto Sirgo as Guillermo 'Memo' Beltrán
- Juan Peláez as Antonio
- Ariadna Welter as Leonor Salgado de Arias
- Juan Luis Galiardo as Pedro
- María Montaño
- Jorge Patiño
- Mario Cid
- Rocío Chazaro
- Leopoldo Salazar (as Polo Salazar)
- Roberto Ballesteros
- Carlos Pouliot
- Patricia Durán
- Elsa de los Ríos
- Luz María Peña
Reception
In her book Sara García: Ícono cinematográfico mexicano, abuela y lesbiana, Ileana Baeza Lope cites the film as one of the exceptions to the tendency in Mexican cinema of "affective relationships between women relegated to the sidelines", while "male camaraderie relationships were in the foreground".
References
- Amador & Ayala Blanco, p. 160
- Baeza Lope, p. 81
Bibliography
- Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge. Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980-1989. UNAM, 2006.
- Baeza Lope, Ileana. Sara García: Ícono cinematográfico mexicano, abuela y lesbiana. Argus-a Artes y Humanidades, 2018.