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Tear This Heart Out

2008 · 107 min

A sweeping, intimate portrait of a woman's life, blending romance and political drama with a melancholic, reflective tone.

Directed by: Roberto Sneider
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María de Tavira

Overview: A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.

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Directed by: Roberto Sneider
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María de Tavira

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
power
betrayal
love
coming-of-age
Places: big city
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	7
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Roberto Sneider
Written by: Roberto Sneider
Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María de Tavira, Joaquín Cosío, Isela Vega, Delia Casanova, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Álex Perea
Music: Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum
Cinematography: Javier Aguirresarobe
Runtime: 107 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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