(418) BETWEEN PANCHO VILLA AND A NAKED WOMAN (1996)
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original
Mexican/Spanish title: ENTRE PANCHO VILLA Y UNA MUJER DESNUDA [Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman]
directors: Sabina
Berman and Isabelle Tardan
starring: Diana Bracho · Arturo Rios · Jesus Ochoa · Delia Casanova
A
classic battle between the sexes, revolutionarily portrayed in Mexican
cinema. This controversial film - praised and condemned by the Mexican
Media - details the story of the changing nature of today's gender roles.
It follows Gina and Adrian, a couple with different ideas about a healthy,
intimate relatonship. Gina is concerned that she is stuck, with years
passing by. She is looking for commitment from her long-time boyfriend
Adrian. But he refuses her overtures. Angered by his reluctance to marry,
Gina is fed up with Adrian's sexist 'Pancho Villa' attitude.
She decides to take a younger, more sensitive man as her lover. Ex-boyfriend
Adrian reacts with unmitigated machismo as he tries to win back Gainer's
attention.
Despite
the poignant feminist theme, government censors had a very difficult
time with the "adult visuals" of this film. Not only does
it feature numerous scenes of female nudity [usually banned in Mexican
cinema] but it also flaunts full-frontal male nudity [ALWAYS
banned]. But when the censors attempted to stop the movie, there was
such an outcry from critics, film directors and university intellectuals
that the government was forced to allow it to play (albeit to adult
18+ audiences).
Part
of the reason for this film's unprecedented clout (essentially, the
reason it could challenge and win against the Mexican government) is
found in the prestige of the writer/director Sabina Berman and her star
Diana Bracho. Sabina Berman is Mexico's most commercially successful
and critically acclaimed playwright, winning the Mexican National Theatre
Prize an unprecedented four times. Her star here, Diana Bracho, is the
daughter of Julio Bracho, considered the best director of Mexico's Golden
Age of Cinema (1940-1950). She is also one of
that country's top actresses - of stage, screen and theater - winner
of 5 Best Actress awards, including one for the original stage version
of this very film, which she also wrote.
A Mexican
film, with English subtitles; fullcreen format,
uncut (100 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT;
extras include theatrical trailers
Strong
Sexual Themes/Male and Female Full Frontal Nudity/
Intended for Adult Audiences
