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Directed by | Ernesto Contreras |
Written by | Fanie Soto |
Produced by | Luis Albores Erika Avila Ariel Gordon Mónica Lozano Mónica Marín Eamon O'Farrill Mario Zamacona |
Starring | Nora Velázquez Benny Emmanuel |
Cinematography | César Gutiérrez Miranda |
Edited by | Jorge Macaya |
Music by | Demián Gálvez Gustavo Reyes Andrés Sánchez |
Production companies | Agencia SHA Alebrije Cine y Video |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
Box office | $197,251 |
Impossible Things (Spanish: Cosas imposibles) is a 2021 Mexican drama film directed by Ernesto Contreras and written by Fanie Soto. Starring Nora Velázquez and Benny Emmanuel. It premiered on June 17, 2021, in Mexican theaters.
Synopsis
Matilde is an older woman who suffers domestic abuse by her husband when he was alive, finds a friend in Miguel, a 19-year-old boy who is abandoned by his mother.
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:
- Nora Velázquez as Matilde
- Adriana Llabres as Young Matilde
- Benny Emmanuel as Miguel
- Salvador Garcini as Porfirio
- Lucas Mollard as Young Porfirio / Faceless Porfirio
- Luisa Huertas as Eugenia
- Andrés Delgado as Lalo
- Gabriela Cartol as Laura
- Juan Carlos Medellin as Manuel Chang
- Ari Gallegos as Male Singer
- Pablo Marín as Policeman
- Héctor Holten as Néstor
- Norma Pablo as Elena
- Michelle Betancourt as Daniela
- Ángel Flores Torres as Chava
- Haydee Leyva as Galaxia
- Adrián Vázquez as Plumber
- Tete Espinoza as Rosita
- Bruno Coronel as Narro
- Veronica Toussaint as Female Singer
- Nora Isabel Huerta as Demonstrator
- Armando Casas as Security Guard
- Claudia Acosta as Employee
- Christian Cortés as Ernesto
- Paulina Álvarez Muñoz as La Güera
- Danae Reynaud as Girl who buys drugs
Reception
Critical reception
Alejandro Alemán from Semanario Eje Central wrote: "Although the most cynical will find friendship between a septuagenarian and a teenager impossible, (...), it is also impossible not to recognize the good manufacturing of this film that aims to make us smile. It succeeds, and by far." Jesús Chavarría from La Razón de México wrote: "The director does not bet on sensationalism or technical fanfare, nor are there false pretensions or condescension, only the trade and honesty at the service of a story that leads the nature of empathy to take shape in the cinema."
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Ariel Award | Best Picture | Ernesto Contreras | Nominated | |
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Actor | Benny Emmanuel | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Nora Velázquez | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Andrés Delgado | Nominated | |||
Salvador Garcini | Nominated | ||||
Best Cinematography | César Gutiérrez Miranda AMC | Nominated | |||
Best Original Score | Gus Reyes & Andrés Sánchez | Won | |||
Best Art Direction | Diana Saade | Nominated | |||
Best Sound | Misael Hernández, Enrique Greiner, Raymundo Ballesteros & Manuel Montaño | Nominated |
References
- "Cosas imposibles". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- "Cosas imposibles (2021) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- Solórzano, Fernanda (2021-07-01). "Cosas imposibles, soledades que se acompañan". Letras Libres (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- "Cosas imposibles, una película esperanzadora". Gaceta UNAM (in European Spanish). 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- "Cosas imposibles - Estreno, reparto y trailer de la película". Cine PREMIERE (in Spanish). 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- EFE, Por EFE (2021-06-10). "El filme mexicano 'Cosas imposibles', un canto a la amistad y al cambio". Los Angeles Times en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- "Reparto de Cosas imposibles (película 2021). Dirigida por Ernesto Contreras". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- "Reparto Completo de Cosas imposibles (Cine.com)". cine.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- "Cosas imposibles: optimismo chilango, la opinión de Alejandro Alemán". Eje Central (in Spanish). 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- "Cosas Imposibles: ¿Vale la pena la película de Ernesto Contreras sobre la soledad?". La Razón (in Spanish). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ IMCINE. "Nominados al Premio Ariel 2022". www.imcine.gob.mx. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- "Ariel 2022: Lista completa de ganadores". Cine PREMIERE (in Spanish). 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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