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The Reasons of the Heart
The Reasons of the Heart
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THE REASONS OF THE HEART

Las razones del corazón

Directed by Arturo Ripstein
Mexico, Spain, 2011
Drama

Synopsis

Overwhelmed by monotony and the sense of meaninglessness, Emilia retreats steadily further away from her role as a mother, and housewife. She regrets the life she has lived. The joy and hope brought to Emilia by her secret lover are fading as well.

Synopsis

Overwhelmed by monotony and the sense of meaninglessness, Emilia retreats steadily further away from her role as a mother, and housewife. She regrets the life she has lived. The joy and hope brought to Emilia by her secret lover are fading as well.

Our take

Working with his long-term screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego once again, Arturo Ripstein (The Realm of Fortune, Deep Crimson) proves a perfect filmmaker to reinterpret Flaubert’s Madame Bovary—modernising the tragic masterpiece by relocating its action to contemporary Mexico.