Sexo, pudor y lágrimas

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Sexo, pudor y lágrimas
Promotional poster for Sexo, pudor y lágrimas
Directed by	Antonio Serrano
Produced by	Matthias Ehrenberg Christian Valdelièvre Titán Producciones Argos Cine Tabasco Films IMCINE
Written by	Antonio Serrano
Starring	Demián Bichir Mónica Dionne Víctor Huggo Martin Cecilia Suárez Jorge Salinas Susana Zabaleta Angélica Aragón
Music by	Aleks Syntek
Distributed by	Lola Films (Mexico) 20th Century Fox (USA and Argentina)
Release date(s)	1999
Running time	109 min.
Language	Spanish
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Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame, and Tears) is a Mexican film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Mexican Cinema (the first one was Like Water for Chocolate). It was the first film directed by Antonio Serrano.

The film is based on the successful play of the same name, which ran for two consecutive years and was written by Serrano himself. After the film was released it broke box-office records in Mexico (118 million Mexican pesos, roughly 10.9 million U.S. dollars), it was shown for more than twenty-seven weeks, and was seen by more than eight million people in Mexico alone [1].

[edit] Awards

Silver Ariels from the Mexican Academy of Film:
- Best actress: (Susana Zabaleta)
- Art direction: (Brigitte Broch)
- Best original score
- Best original script
- ambientación
Audience Award (XIV Guadalajara Film Festival).

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Tomás (Demián Bichir) returns to Mexico after a seven-year trip around the world to visit his friends Carlos (Víctor Huggo Martin) and Ana (Susana Zabaleta), a couple going through relationship problems. Ana is seduced by Tomás, who is also her ex-boyfriend, which causes Carlos to kick-out Tomás from their home. Although instead of Tomás leaving, Ana leaves and moves across the street to the apartment of their friends Miguel (Jorge Salinas) and Andrea (Cecilia Suárez), another couple going through problems. The situation becomes a battle of the sexes when Miguel is kicked-out for cheating on Andrea and sent to live with the "guys" across the street and María (Mónica Dionne), their friend, joins the "girls" in a boycott against all men. Tomas then has a fling with Andrea and gets caught in the act. After seeing the emptyness of his life, punctuated with him making a scene at a local nightclub, Tomas declares his love for Ana before apparently committing suicide by walking into an elevator shaft. In the DVD version, several alternate final scenes are explored, including Tomas surviving the fall and emerging in a full body cast.