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'Being or Not Being' is a 2015 Mexican drama film, directed by Marcelo Gonzlez. The film stars Flavio Medina and Aislinn Derbez and was filmed in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz and Xalapa in the Mexican state of Veracruz. In the film, Augusto (Medina) is a forty-six years old single man who relocates to another city following his mother's passing. He meets Nstenska (Derbez) and falls in love with her. The film is Gonzlez first feature film and received six nominations for the 2017 Diosas de Plata awards winning for Best Supporting Actress (Tiar Scanda) and Best Cinematography (Jernimo Rodrguez Garca).

Plot



Augusto (Flavio Medina) is a forty-six year-old single man who decided to move from his hometown Xalapa to Tlacotalpan after his mother's death. He rents a room in a pension and meets a neighbor named Ludivina (Tiar Scanda) who becomes his friend. When he is alone in the room, his mother's ghost (Patricia Reyes Spndola) appears on his mirror and continually scolds him.

He meets Nstenska (Aislinn Derbez), a waitress in a local restaurant run by her godmother (Anglica Aragn), and becomes infatuated with her. They become friends and she invites him to watch her playing Roxanne in the play 'Cyrano of Bergerac' at a local theater in Veracruz; the same night she celebrates her birthday and after a dinner party, they walk on a beach and end up making love.

The following day, Mauricio (Gonzalo Garca Vivanco), Nstenska's boyfriend, returns to the city after spending one year on a boat and she decides to elope with him. Augusto falls into depression after her departure and Ludivina takes advantage to comfort him and they have sex. The morning after Augusto tells Ludivina that he can not marry her, and she responds that she does not want to marry and reveals her past as a prostitute.

A few months later Nstenska returns to Tlacotalpan and finds Augusto working at the restaurant where she used to work and he discovers that she is pregnant, they have a conversation and she confirms her return to Spain with Mauricio despite not having the happy life she always wanted. Ludivina goes away for the weekend and upon returning she discovers Augusto's dead body in his room; Augusto died from eating expired canned food. Augusto's ghost is seen happy while his ashes are poured into the sea by Nstenska.

Cast



*Flavio Medina as Augusto

*Aislinn Derbez as Nstenska

*Tiar Scanda as Ludivina

*Anglica Aragn as Matrushka

*Patricia Reyes Spndola as Vernica

*Gonzalo Garca Vivanco as Mauricio

*Ruben Gonzlez Garza as Don Manuel

*Jos Antonio Barn as Don Memo

*Iliana de la Garza as Margarita

*Horacio Castelo as Cyrano de Bergerac

*Imelda Castro as Lola

*Luis Monterrubio as Jorge

*Mary Paz Mata as Nana

Awards and nominations



Diosas de Plata

The Diosas de Platas ("Silver Goddesses") are awarded annually by the Film Mexican Journalists Association (Asociacin de Periodistas Cinematogrficos de Mxico) (PECIME). 'Estar o No Estar' received six nominations.

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|rowspan="6" scope="row"| 2017

|scope="row"| Marcelo Gonzlez

|rowspan="1" scope="row"| Best First Feature Film

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|scope="row"| Flavio Medina

|rowspan="" scope="row"| Best Actor

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|scope="row"| Aislinn Derbez

|rowspan="" scope="row"| Best Actress

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|scope="row"| Tiar Scanda

|rowspan="1" scope="row"| Best Supporting Actress

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|scope="row"| Patricia Reyes Spndola

|rowspan="1" scope="row"| Best Actress in a Minor Role

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|scope="row"| Jeronimo Rodriguez Garcia

|rowspan="1" scope="row"| Best Cinematography

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