1/24/2009

Maldeamores (2007)

Maladies of Love

Set in Puerto Rico, this is a collection of three stories that tell of the irony, complexity, and fragility of love.

On the way to her aunt's funeral with her husband (Luis Guzmán) and son (Fernando Tarrazo), a grief-stricken woman (Teresa Hernández) discovers that her husband has cheated on her with her cousin.

An old man (Miguel Ángel Álvarez) who abandoned his wife 40 years before now comes to live with her (Silvia Brito) despite the fact that she has lived with another man (Chavito Marrero) for many, many years.

A love-struck bus rider (Luis Gonzaga) announces that the bus driver (Dolores Pedro) is to marry him and he holds the passengers hostage with a gun until a priest is brought to the bus by the police to marry them.

Directed by Carlos Ruíz Ruíz and Mariem Pérez Riera.

Subtitles.

Run time: 1 hour, 23 minutes

Rated R for language, some sexual content and a violent situation.


My personal rating: B

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