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0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
6 sad stories, 10 February 2002

Author: Alejandro Mejia Greene (jubilo) from Mexico City

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==LITTLE SPOILERS ==>Just as the title (Corazones Rotos = Broken Hearts) this movie includes 6 sad stories, all told at the same time, in the same apartment complex, but with different people. One of the thing I like the most is how the director put each of the six stories in a different color. When I see the movie i remember mainly two other movies: Requiem for a Dream (2000) and the Dekalog (1988). The first because is also a sad story, and the second because of the idea of mixing stories in an apartment complex.

1 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
2.5 stars, 17 April 2002

Author: Mike Weston (mweston) from Silicon Valley, CA

This film takes place in a large apartment building in Mexico City. Many of the occupants are struggling financially, leading to them being behind in paying their dues and therefore leading to possible imminent eviction. A few are well off. One family *was* quite wealthy but has recently fallen on hard times, and the teenage children seem utterly incapable of understanding why they should suffer.

The large cast is easier to keep straight than I would have expected, but still there were times of confusion. The camera work was interesting in that the camera sometimes would do a slow roll (not a pan or a tilt), resulting in skewed angles.

When the film did not arrive at Cinequest (the San Jose, CA film festival), the first screening was canceled and the second was shown on video using the screener that the festival programmer had available, but luckily the film did arrive in time for an added screening on the last day of the festival (3/3/2002).

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