Bad Habits


1h 43m 2007

Brief Synopsis

One family has a whole set of diverse eating disorders--their faith, love and vanity are put to the test at the dinner table. Matilde is a nun convinced that faith can turn wine into water. Secretly, she begins fasting to prevent what she considers to be the second great flood. Elena is a thin, styl

Film Details

Also Known As
Malos Habitos
Genre
Drama
Family
Foreign
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Fidecine; Fortissimo Films; Santo Domingo Films; Seven Films
Distribution Company
Cathay Film Organization; Gussi Films; Independent Films (If); Paris Filmes; United King Films; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 43m

Synopsis

One family has a whole set of diverse eating disorders--their faith, love and vanity are put to the test at the dinner table. Matilde is a nun convinced that faith can turn wine into water. Secretly, she begins fasting to prevent what she considers to be the second great flood. Elena is a thin, stylish woman ashamed of her daughter's weight. She is willing to do anything to make her daughter thin so she will look like a princess at her first communion. At the same time, Elena's architect husband Gustavo cannot cope any more with his wife's gaunt figure during intimate moments. For an escape, he finds himself in the arms of a buxom female student.

Film Details

Also Known As
Malos Habitos
Genre
Drama
Family
Foreign
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Fidecine; Fortissimo Films; Santo Domingo Films; Seven Films
Distribution Company
Cathay Film Organization; Gussi Films; Independent Films (If); Paris Filmes; United King Films; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 43m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the La Proxima Ola Jury Prize at the 2007 CineVegas Film Festival.

Winner of the Silver Zenith award for First Fiction Feature Film at the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival.

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States 2008

Released in United States June 2007

Released in United States May 2007

Released in United States October 2007

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

Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-17, 2007.

Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (La Proxima Ola) June 8-16, 2007.

Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 17-November 1, 2007.

Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (First Films World Competition) August 23-September 3, 2007.

Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.

Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.

Feature directorial debut for Simon Bross.

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 17-November 1, 2007.)

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (First Films World Competition) August 23-September 3, 2007.)

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.)

Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)

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

Released in United States June 2007 (Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (La Proxima Ola) June 8-16, 2007.)

Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-17, 2007.)

Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.)