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Ya la hicimos

1994 · 95 min

A modest, grounded drama about a struggling family whose sudden stroke of luck quietly turns into trouble.

Directed by: Rafael Montero
Starring: Leticia Perdigón, Alonso Echánove, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Overview: Virginia and Nacho, is a poor marriage, living precariously on their meager salaries, insufficient to support his child nine years of age. Until fortune smiles and Nacho wins a late model car. But sometimes it's better that luck will smile.

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Directed by: Rafael Montero
Starring: Leticia Perdigón, Alonso Echánove, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
class
greed
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Directed by: Rafael Montero
Starring: Leticia Perdigón, Alonso Echánove, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Demián Bichir, Ana Bertha Espín, Gabriela Obregón, Fernando Sáenz, Alfredo Sevilla
Cinematography: Francisco Bojórquez
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Languages: Spanish

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