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Sex, Shame, and Tears
Promotional poster for Sexo, pudor y lágrimas
Directed byAntonio Serrano
Written byAntonio Serrano
Produced byMatthias Ehrenberg
Christian Valdelièvre
Titán Producciones
Argos Cine
Tabasco Films
IMCINE
StarringDemián Bichir
Susana Zabaleta
Jorge Salinas
Cecilia Suárez
Víctor Huggo Martin
Mónica Dionne
Music byAleks Syntek
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • June 18, 1999 (1999-06-18) (Mexico)
  • October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01) (US)
Running time109 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame, and Tears) is a Mexican romantic comedy drama film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Cinema of Mexico (after Like Water for Chocolate) and the directorial debut of Antonio Serrano. The film won five Ariel Awards.

The film is based on Serrano's stage play of the same name, which ran for two years. The film broke box-office records in Mexico, grossing MX$118 million (roughly US$11 million). It played for six months, and was seen by more than eight million people in Mexico alone.

Plot

Tomás returns to Mexico after a seven-year trip around the world, to visit his friends Carlos and Ana, a couple going through relationship problems. Ana is seduced by Tomás, who is also her ex-boyfriend, which causes Carlos to kick Tomás out of their home. Although instead of Tomás leaving, Ana leaves and moves across the street to the apartment of their friends Miguel and Andrea, another couple going through problems. The situation becomes a battle of the sexes when Miguel is kicked-out for cheating on Andrea and sent to live with the "guys" across the street and María, their friend, joins the "girls" in a boycott against all men. Tomas then has a fling with Andrea and gets caught in the act. After seeing the emptiness of his life, punctuated with him making a scene at a local nightclub, Tomas declares his love for Ana before apparently committing suicide by walking into an elevator shaft.

Alternate endings

In the Region 4 DVD version, several alternate final scenes are explored, including Tomas surviving the fall and emerging in a full body cast.

Cast

Sequel

The sequel, Sexo, pudor y lágrimas 2 was released on February 4, 2022 on HBO Max. All the cast from the first film reprise their roles except for Demián Bichir, who appears in photographs and flashbacks.

Awards

References

  1. Kay, Jeremy (16 June 2010). "FIP acquires Latin American rights to La Otra Familia". Screen International. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. "Sexo, pudor y lgrimas" (in Spanish). cineismo.com.
  3. "Sex, Shame and Tears 2 on IMDB". IMDb.
  4. "Sex, Shame and Tears 2 on HBO Max". HBO Max.

External links

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