Cilantro y perejil (1995)

Director:

Rafael Montero

Writers:

Cecilia Pérez Grovas (writer)
Carolina Rivera (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

This is a comedy about couples within the same family, striken by crisis, leading to the philosophical...

Plot Keywords:

Couple | Love | Human Relationship | Homosexual

Awards:

9 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Arcelia Ramírez	...	Susana Limón
Demián Bichir	...	Carlos Rodríguez
Germán Dehesa	...	Psiquiatra
Rodolfo Arias	...	Enrique
Maya Mishalska	...	Vicky
Juan Manuel Bernal	...	Jorge
Alpha Acosta	...	Nora (as Alpha)
Angélica Aragón	...	Teresa
Alfredo Sevilla	...	Rodrigo
Leticia Huijara	...	Melita
Plutarco Haza	...	Francisco
Mercedes Pascual	...	Adela
Alejandro Bichir	...	Genaro
Jesús Ochoa	...	Capitán
Juan Carlos Colombo	...	Arizmendi

Also Known As:

Recipes to Stay Together

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and related dialogue.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13

Company:

Constelacion Films, SA de CV

Trivia:

When Susana is at the dating agency, she sees a photo and says that the man in the photo could be her husband's twin brother. The man in the photo is Bruno Bichir (Demián Bichir's brother).

A decent movie

The movie Cilantro y Perejil follows the ups and downs of a relationship among a few couples. However, the entire movie is supposed to be a documentary about relationships which is filmed by the main character's sister, Nora. The aspect of using a character as almost a director was an interesting technique, because we were able to view the story through the eyes of Nora, thus we are able to witness both the good and the bad. This technique also helped the viewer to relate to the characters because we were able to see their desperation to appear "normal" (by begging Nora not to show arguments in the documentary), and normality is a quality everyone seeks in a relationship. The use of the psychiatrist commentary also helped to break up the monotony of the film by adding comic relief and a professional opinion. Plus, it was interesting to see how the children of the main characters Susana and Carlos were affected by their parent's problems, and how, for instance, the daughter often felt abandoned as if her mother was too busy dating to be with her. This also helped the movie move along, as it was nice to take the focus off the main characters every once in a while. However, I must say, that overall the movie is mundane, and seems to go on forever. There was no true climax, and the end was extremely predicable. The main idea of the movie was just too cliché, which made me loose interest and not appreciate the film as much. Overall, it lacked originality.