Released Date:
2006-09-01
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Mexico
Runtime:
111 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (629 Reviews)
Director:
Issa LèpezGenres:
ComedyAt 18, fresh from high school, Marina, Ignacio, Adam and Mimi, school mates bonded by fate, shared a dream about adult life, a dream of fame, success, perfect skin and that one endless, true love that, surely, was waiting just around the corner for each one of them. But 30's arrived, and none of the sweet promises of youth was fulfilled. Alone, failed and frustrated, all four are forced to stop and look around to try to understand where it all went wrong, and find an emergency fix for their lives, before it's too late, and happiness escapes through their fingers forever. Secondary Effects is the bitter coming of age comedy that follows their steps in the search for lost dreams, lost hair and good sex, at least, if true love turns out to be a mirage.
Released Date:
2009-10-30
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Mexico
Runtime:
86 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (308 Reviews)
Director:
Alfonso Pineda UlloaAlex Marino (screenplay)
Blas Valdez (story)
Chelo is an architect, withdrawing from her social life because of realistic dreams she's having of a romance with a strange man. She's convinced the man is real, out there, destined to be with her. She reports a rape to the police, describing the man of her dreams to a sketch artist. The police find a suspect: he's Marcos, a physician. Chelo tells the police this is not the man who raped her, but now she has Marcos in her sights. Her plan for him to fall in love with her is complicated by his having a fiancèe. What can Chelo do? Meanwhile, Marcos has violent dreams about an unfamiliar woman. Chronologies overlap, glass breaks. Can a mind lie to itself?
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