Director: Rafael Montero
Country: México
Year: 2001
Runtime: 120 minutes
Spanish with English Subtitles
Life Out of Balance
Any small pocket of humanity constitutes a potential source for stories that bump into one another. "Grand Hotel" did it and so did "Pulp Fiction." Kryzsztof Kielowski did it on a gigantic scale with his masterwork "Dekalog." BROKEN HEARTS is another attempt at the same idea with a new wrinkle. The Mexican director, Rafael Montero, has used cinematography to aid the audience in exploring the swirling imbalance of big city human existence today. With camera movement, angular shots and even distortion, we are presented with money needs, parental needs, value needs, etc. As we watch, we see a story in the morning paper, a person from two doors away, a relative from Peoria--or us. The distortion of the camera work is correct. This is a
film not just of an apartment building in Mexico City, but of our life. Montero is a director to be watched because he is a man of ideas. (Synopsis by Fred Linch)
Principal Cast: Verónica Merchant, Rafael Sánchez Navarro, Carmen Montejo, Salvador Garcini, Toni Marcin
Producer: Jorge Prior
Cinematographer: Rafael Ortega
Screenwriter: Rafael Montero
Director Filmography:
2000 Corazones rotos
1996 Cilantro y perejil
1995 Embrujo de rock
1994 Crimen perfecto
1993 Ya la hicimos
1993 Una buena forma de morir
1993 Hoy no circula, episodios Lunes, Jueves y Viernes
1992 Justicia de nadie
1992 El jefe de vigilancia (video)
1988 Historias de ciudad, episodios Viajeros
1988 El costo de la vida
1986 Casa Grandes: una aproximación a la gran Chichimeca (documental)
1981 El eterno retorno: testimonio de los indios kikapú (documental)
1978 Adiós David
1975 El infierno tan temido
Website Link:
http://www.volcan.com.mx/corazones/homecorazones.html