Déficit


1h 19m 2007

Brief Synopsis

Cristobal brings his sophisticated, smug college friends to his parents' elegant country home for the weekend only to find his sister Elisa already there doing drugs with her friends. Cristobal behaves like a lord of the manor around the household staff that raised him. Meanwhile, time may be runnin

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Canana Films; Sogepaq S.A.; Wme Entertainment
Distribution Company
First Take (Ifc); Focus Features; Videocine
Location
Tepoztlan, Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 19m

Synopsis

Cristobal brings his sophisticated, smug college friends to his parents' elegant country home for the weekend only to find his sister Elisa already there doing drugs with her friends. Cristobal behaves like a lord of the manor around the household staff that raised him. Meanwhile, time may be running out on his upper class status as his parents are in Europe trying to escape corruption charges.

Film Details

Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Canana Films; Sogepaq S.A.; Wme Entertainment
Distribution Company
First Take (Ifc); Focus Features; Videocine
Location
Tepoztlan, Mexico

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 19m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2008

Released in United States June 2008

Released in United States May 2007

Released in United States November 2007

Released in United States September 2007

Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Critics' Week) May 16-27, 2007.

Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (La Proxima Ola) June 12-21, 2008.

Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Vanguard) September 6-15, 2007.

Feature directorial debut for Gael Garcia Bernal.

Released in United States 2008

Released in United States May 2007 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Critics' Week) May 16-27, 2007.)

Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (La Proxima Ola) June 12-21, 2008.)

Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Vanguard) September 6-15, 2007.)

Released in United States November 2007 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Latin Cinema Series) November 1-11, 2007.)