
13-year-old Eliseo is initiated into love by his schoolteacher Felipa, who leaves town after their relationship is discovered, leaving him mired in memories. Forced to marry another woman and live a routine life, Eliseo spends his life remembering his romance with Felipa. 10 years later, Felipa returns, removing his wounds and forever changing his life and those of his loved ones and everyone else in town.... (Full plot summary below)
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13-year-old Eliseo is initiated into love by his schoolteacher Felipa, who leaves town after their relationship is discovered, leaving him mired in memories. Forced to marry another woman and live a routine life, Eliseo spends his life remembering his romance with Felipa. 10 years later, Felipa returns, removing his wounds and forever changing his life and those of his loved ones and everyone else in town.
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| User Reviewsabrina lA lost gem of Mexican cinema...not without its problems though, this should've been a 5 star film but only get 4 from me due to the mess of symbolism that could've been more focused but was nonetheless an essential part of the movie. I had a problem with the trivialization of child abuse in the movie as seemingly "normal" and that it was women put in the position of abusers. If anything the movie really makes me want to seek out the book the movie was based upon, to see how it probably is a little more subtle and nuanced in the themes the movie portrays. Carrera should be commended on making on of the best Mexican films of the 90's, really captures the feel of the time periods in which the story takes place (the 1920's, then the late 40's), the social problems of Latin America and the larger political landscape that came into shape by the end of the movie. |