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La Habitación Azul
''The Blue Room'' ( es, La habitación azul) is a 2002 Mexican-Spanish film produced by Argos Cine and directed by Walter Doehner. Plot Toño (Juan Manuel Bernal) is being held for questioning by police agent Garduño (Damián Alcázar), a murder has been committed and Garduño is determined to get to the bottom of this; Toño starts then telling his story: A few weeks before, he and his wife, Ana (Elena Anaya) and their daughter, decided to come back to settle down in Toño's hometown, after living for a long time in Mexico City. But things get complicated when Toño re-encounters Andrea (Patricia Llaca), a woman for whom he had lusted since adolescence and who's now married to Nicolás (Mario Iván Martínez), Toño's best friend from high school. Soon, the unfulfilled and repressed desires of both Toño and Andrea are passionately released with their sexual encounter. Hiding from Toño's wife and Andrea's husband, they are helped by Toño's brother (José María Yazpik), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Leñero
Vicente Leñero Otero (June 9, 1933 – December 3, 2014) was a Mexican novelist, journalist, and playwright. He wrote numerous books, stories, and plays, including a theatrical adaptation of Oscar Lewis's '' The Children of Sanchez.'' He was awarded the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia in 2001, and the following year he received the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes de México ( National Prize of Arts and Sciences) for literature and linguistics. Works Leñero was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Graduating from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1959 with a degree in civil engineering, Leñero soon turned to writing to support himself. His first novel, ''La voz adolorida'' (1961), exhibits the psychological realism of his early writings, consisting of a mentally ill patient's monologue about his life before entering an asylum. ''Los albañiles'' followed in 1963, winning the Premio Biblioteca Breve, a prestigious literature award. Praised for its complex structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |