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Abel is nine year old boy, committed to a mental hospital due to his odd behavior. Cecilia, her mother is convinced that the best thing for her son is to come back home. Cecilia convinces the doctor to let Abel spend a week with his family, during that time she will try to prove that is not necessary for her son to be transfer to a hospital in Mexico City. With an absent father, Abel will become an orthodox parental figure that one way or the other will unite his family… until his real father actually comes home.
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Abel
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Director: |
Diego Luna |
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GERALDINE ALEJANDRA/ CARLOS ARAGÓN/KARINA GIDI/ CHRISTOPHER RUÍZ-ESPARZA/GERARDO RUÍZ-ESPARZA/ JOSÉ MARÍA YAZPIK
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| Lenguage: |
Spanish |
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English |
| Running Time: |
90 minutes
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| Genre: |
Comedy / Drama
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| Counrty: |
Mexico
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Released in theaters in Mexico in 2010, with more than 700,000 admissions, the film quickly become one of the best films of the year and establish Diego Luna (actor prodigy now turned director) as a star behind the lenses.
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In the starring roles Chema Yazpik (as seen in such smashing hits as “The Burning Plain” form fellow Mexican Guillermo Arriaga) and Karina Gidi (Depositarios), both marvelous as well as Christopher Ruíz-Esparza, the young Abel who steals the movie in every scene he is in.
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Winner of “Ariel” prizes for Best New Actor and Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
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A heartbreaking and touching story about what families endure in these years of post modernism and a close look at the problems of “coming of age” for a kid with a history of mental problems.
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A huge winner among viewers and film fanatics, the movie quickly gained its rightful place among the best films of the year, because it is set apart in a Mexico where drugs and corruption no longer matter for a director in search of a good film.
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