IT'S BETTER IF GABRIELA DOESN'T DIE at AFI FEST 2007

AFI FEST 2007 presented by Audi

DIR: Sergio Umansky
SCR: Ricardo Hernandez Anzola
PROD: Sergio Umansky
EXEC PROD: Maite Argüelles, Carlos Morales
DP: Celiana Cardenas
ED: Max Chamberlain
MUS: Renaud Barbier
CAST: Mauricio Isaac, Dagoberto Gama, Gabriela Roel, Miguel Pizarro, Salvador Garcini, Rene Casados, Roberto Malta, Alejandra Barros, Eduardo Santamarina, Alexis Ayala, Julio Casados, David Ostrosky, Jorge Perez Zamora, Stephanie Salas
In attendance: Sergio Umansky, Daniela Schmidt, Ricardo Hernandez Anzola


Have you ever met someone and then forgotten they ever existed? That's what happens to Miguel (Mauricio Isaac), a writer stuck on a popular telenovella who talks his way out of a ticket by supplying the policeman with 'inside information' about a future plotline. Unfortunately, Bracho (Dagoberto Gama) is a cop with an inflated self-image, and when Miguel's tip proves false the lawman blames Miguel for his loss of face. First-time director Sergio Umansky weaves this tightly constructed plot into a challenging film. The director keeps his focus on his characters, and the first-rate cast delivers a lot of hilarity along the way. Umansky loves telenovellas while recogniing their inherent ridiculousness, but, more importantly, he understands their power as cultural currency, and their power to echo and underscore the dramas and tensions of the workaday world. And so as Bracho's fury turns to violent action, the 'real world' of the film transforms: colors pop, music cues explode from nowhere and bizarre 'twists' somehow seem reasonable, even logical. As we travel through Umansky's looking glass, or perhaps his cathode-ray tube, we understand we are in the hands of an emerging master.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Latin
• Cinema
• Series
• AFI
• Fest
• Gabriella
• Feature

[RitaKamacho]

I was with Mauricio in the same elementary school

[euterpe1990]

amo a mauricio isaac!

[amulek1978]

I saw this at the Cinequest Film Festival this year. It was AWESOME!. Where can I buy a copy?

[AdelfaRockera]

Hola me super urge conseguir los datos de Mauricio Isaac Para lo de una chamba crees q sería posible q me ayudaras???? te o agradeceria enormemente besos gracias

[4321Blastoff]

Looks kinda interesting I guess.

[maxibeans]

This is a great movie! I got to see its first screening at AFI the other night. What can I say? It's fun, it's smart, and it's one of the most unique films I think I've ever seen. I can't wait to see it again. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!