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Wikipedia article
'Slo con tu pareja' is a 1991 Mexican film by Alfonso Cuarn.
This was the first full-feature film for Cuarn who had previously worked at Televisa, a Mexican television company. The stars of this film are Daniel Gimnez Cacho (the narrator on Cuarn's second Mexican film 'Y tu mam tambin') and telenovela star Claudia Ramrez.
After Alfonso Cuarn and his brother Carlos Cuarn wrote the script, they needed to secure financing. The government of Mexico's IMCINE (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografa) had already decided what films they would finance that year. However, one of the projects was canceled and the IMCINE funds were assigned to 'Slo con tu pareja'.
After the film was completed, the Mexican government refused to distribute it, but 'Slo con tu pareja' was presented at several international festivals. It won awards at the Ariel Awards (by the Mexican Academy of Film) and at the Toronto Festival of Festivals. After this international recognition the movie was finally shown in 1993 in its country of origin, where it became a box-office success. It occupies the 87th place on the list of the 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico.
In 2006, Criterion Collection released 'Slo con tu pareja' in DVD (Region 1), with a new remastered transfer and with the shorts 'Noche de Bodas' by Carlos Cuarn and 'Cuarteto Para el Fin Del Tiempo' (Alfonso Cuarn's first short, made when he was a film student in 1983).
Plot
Toms Toms, a womanizing bachelor who works in advertising, is having an affair with his boss Gloria. After visiting his doctor Mateo, who is also his friend and neighbor, he is struck by the new nurse Silvia and starts an affair with her too. When she finds out about Gloria, she falsifies the results of his blood test, notifying him that he has AIDS. He meanwhile has been struck by his neighbour Clarisa, a flight attendant engaged to a pilot Carlos, but realizes he cannot pursue her now.
In despair at his fate, he decides to commit suicide. While contemplating various methods, Clarisa bursts in in despair. She has found Carlos in bed with another woman and wants to end her life, so the two decide to go to the Torre Latinoamericana and jump from the top. Toms leaves a voice message for Mateo and in the middle of the night the pair set off. When Mateo gets the message among friends at a party, he rushes to the Torre with the whole group, including his wife Teresa, Carlos, and Silvia.
At the top, Toms tells Clarisa he loves her but can go no further because he has AIDS. She says, since they are both about to die, that does not now matter and the two make ecstatic love. Climbing the emergency stairs, Silvia calls out that the blood test was not positive. Instead of jumping, the lovers think about marrying.
Awards
Ariel Award in 1992
*'Best Original Story' - Alfonso Cuarn & Carlos CuarnAlso nominated for:
*'Best Cinematography' - Emmanuel Lubezki
*'Best First Feature Film' - Alfonso Cuarn
*'Best Screenplay' - Alfonso Cuarn & Carlos Cuarn
Cast
* Daniel Gimnez Cacho as Toms Toms
* Claudia Ramrez as Clarisa Negrete
* Luis de Icaza as doctor Mateo Mateos
* Dobrina Liubomirova as Silvia Silva
* Astrid Hadad as Teresa de Teresa
* Isabel Benet as Gloria Gold
* Toshir Hisaki as Takeshi
* Carlos Nakasone as Koyi
* Ricardo Dalmacci as Carlos
* Claudia Fernndez as Luca
* Luz Mara Jerez as Paola
* Nevil Wilton as Pasmal
* John Keys as Absolut Boozer
* Ral Valerio as guard at the Torre Latinoamericana
* Montserrat Ontiveros as Mrs. Panza
* Regina Orozco as Mrs. Dolores
* Rodolfo Arias as Hernn Corts on the commercial for "Jalapeos Caseros Gmez"
* Vctor Carpinteiro as Montezuma on the commercial for "Jalapeos Caseros Gmez"
* Claudette Maill as la Burbus
* Ariel Lpez Padilla as Burbus' boyfriend
* Marcos Mohar as boy at the elevator
* Jiussana Briseo as Nancy of Continental Airlines
* Arturo Ros as contratenor in a dream about the Mexicana de Aviacin plane
* Adriana Olivera as voice of the beeper operator
* Jons Cuarn as Kid at Wedding
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