Underplayed Gems

Amar te duele (2002)

Amar te duele poster
Directed by
Fernando Sariñana
Genre
drama film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 372 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A teenage boy from a poor background falls in love with a wealthy girl. Their relationship faces opposition from friends and family. The film shows their struggle against social divisions and the pain of young love.

romanticintensemelancholicyouthfulemotionallushidealisticpoignant

What happens

Amar te duele (Spanish for: "Loving Hurts You", also interpreted as "Loving You Hurts”) is a 2002 Mexican romantic drama film written by Carolina Rivera and directed by Fernando Sariñana. In the film, Ulises falls in love with Renata, although both belong to different social circles. Their love is tested while the people around them defy it. The film offers various archetypes of urban and modern youth in Mexico within a story about sexual attraction and adolescent idealism. The movie marked the film debuts of Martha Higareda and Alfonso Herrera; the film also starred Pedro Damián and Luis Fernando Peña. It was released in Argentina, Chile and United States, where it received positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.