The Reasons of the Heart

1h 59m
DramaRomance
6

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her life. One day, she loses the two things which makes everything beareable: her lover and her credit card.

Cast

Arcelia Ramírez
Emilia
Vladimir Cruz
Nicolás
Plutarco Haza
Javier
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Doña Ruti
Alejandro Suárez
Jasper
Pilar Padilla
Jaquie
Paola Arroyo
Isabel
Carlos Chávez
Fumigator
Eligio Meléndez
Lawyer
Marta Aura
Emilia's mother
Horacio García Rojas
Worker
Harold Torres
Worker 2
Piedad Montero
Unknown
Norma Pablo
Pilar

Crew

Arturo Ripstein
Director
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Screenplay
Gustave Flaubert
Novel
Alejandro Ripstein
Editor
Alejandro Cantú
Cinematography
Hugo Espinosa
Executive Producer
Roberto Fiesco
Producer
José María Morales
Producer
Víctor Velázquez
Post Producer
Manuel Teil
Casting
Laura García de la Mora
Costume Design
David Mansfield
Music
Luisa Guala
Set Decoration
Sandra Cabriada
Art Direction

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