Un Embrujo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Carlos Carrera
Luis Fernando Pena
Ricardo Garcia
Damian Delgado
Sandra Leon
Gabriela Murray
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in 1928 in Progreso, the Yucatan Peninsula Port in Southern Mexico; a twelve year old son of a Mayan dock worker falls in love with his school teacher and aims for a future different than the one that is expected for him. She is a free-thinking woman who releieves him of his virginity and encourages his ambitions. However, when she is driven out of town for being a seductress, Eliseo ends up in a conventional marriage to Lupita, the daughter of his father's boss. Years later, the teacher returns to the town and the buried tensions in the town resurface.
Director
Carlos Carrera
Cast
Luis Fernando Pena
Ricardo Garcia
Damian Delgado
Sandra Leon
Gabriela Murray
Lia Perez
Daniel Acuna
Arun Candelario
Luisa Huertas
Espiridion Acosta
Bruno Carrera
Marcos D Galvez
Luis Antonio Martinez
Mario Zaragoza
Ivi May
Alejandro Ladron Deguevara
Avelino Rodriguez
Luis Lemas
Steve Mendez
Mildred I Oliva
Blanca Guerra
Lia Fayne
Jorge Mendicuti
Jorge Pastrana
Rodolfo Miller
Martin Zapata
Gerardo Martinez
Vanessa Bauche
Elpidia Carrillo
Roger Mai
Julio Chi
Dan Rivera
Guillermo Gil
Gerardo Campbell
Dieter Kool
Erick Heredia
Maira Serbulo
Ricardo Ku
Rodolfo Arias
Crew
Jose Luis Aguilar
David Baksht
Sigfrido Barjau
Claudia Becker
Rosa Busch
Carlos Carrera
Guillermo Del Toro
Don Eliseo
Maria Estela Fernandez
Peter Devaney Flanagan
Andres Franco
Ricardo Gil
Carlos Gutierrez
Dulce Kuri
Sandra Leon
Gustavo Montiel
Alfredo Mora
Berta Navarro
Rodrigo Prieto
Alejandro Rez
Avelino Rodriguez
Martin Salinas
Alejandra Moreno Toscano
Alejandro Vazquez
Jose Maria Vitier
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of best cinematography award (Rodrigo Prieto) at the 1998 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Winner of nine Ariel Awards, Mexico's equivalent of the Acadamy Awards, including best director for Carlos Carrera and best actress for Blanca Guerra.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States February 1999
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States October 1999
Released in United States September 1998
Shown at Miami Film Festival February 19-28, 1999.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 17-26, 1998.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 10-19, 1998.
Began shooting October 18, 1997.
Completed shooting January 23, 1998.
Tequila Gang is a joint production and sales venture between
Foreign Language Film (1998).
Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, Laura Esquivel and Berta
Navarro.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.)
Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Miami Film Festival February 19-28, 1999.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 17-26, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 10-19, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at American Film Institute (AFI) Los Angeles International Film Festival (Latin Cinema Series) October 21-29, 1999.)
