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Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999)

Sexo, pudor y lágrimas poster
Directed by
Antonio Serrano
Genre
comedy film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
B-15
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 153 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two couples in Mexico City navigate infidelity and hidden desires in their relationships. The story follows their confessions and confrontations over the course of one night.

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What happens

Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame, and Tears) is a 1999 Mexican romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Antonio Serrano and starring Demián Bichir, Susana Zabaleta, Jorge Salinas, Cecilia Suárez, Víctor Huggo Martin and Mónica Dionne. The film is based on Serrano's stage play Sexo, pudor y lágrimas, which ran for two years. The film broke box-office records in Mexico, grossing MX$118 million (roughly US$11 million). It played for six months, and was seen by more than eight million people in Mexico alone, and won five Ariel Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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