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Dedicated to my ex

2019 · 94 min

A goofy, good-natured scramble of mismatched misfits chasing a dream, easy to watch and hard not to smile at.

Directed by
Jorge Ulloa
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.

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Directed by
Jorge Ulloa
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • coming-of-age
  • found family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Jorge Ulloa
Written by
Diego Ulloa, Jorge Ulloa, Julio Pañi, Nataly Valencia
Starring
Raúl Santana, Nataly Valencia, Carlos Alcántara, Biassini Segura, Mariana Treviño, Eugenio Derbez, Orlando Herrera, Alfredo Espinosa
Cinematography
Alejo Chauvin
Runtime
94 min
Country
Colombia, Ecuador, United States of America
Languages
Spanish

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