Puños rosas (2004)

Director:

Beto Gómez

Writers:

Beto Gómez (writer)
Alfonso Suárez (writer)

Release Date:

11 February 2005 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Tagline:

It is a lot what you gain for the simple fact of being alive

Plot:

Jimmy Morales is a young boxer which works as well at the family business, a funerary frequently used by the local mafia...

Plot Keywords:

Boxer | Mexican Border | Boxing | U.S. Mexico Border

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Jose Yenque	...	German Corona
Rodrigo Oviedo	...	Jimmy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marius Biegai	...	Palkowski
Jaime Camil	...	Randy Garza
Omar Chaparro	...	Chuy
Eduardo España	...	Judicial 2
Roberto Espejo	...	Lola
Julio Cesar Fido	...	Robbie
Jesús Ochoa	...	Chicote
Robert C. Pemelton	...	Primo
Adal Ramones	...	Alvaro
José Sefami	...	Chato
Cecilia Suárez	...	Alicia
Marco Antonio Treviño	...	Judicial 1
Kandido Uranga	...	Chanoc
Randy Vasquez	...	Freddy Garza
Isela Vega	...	La Güera

Also Known As:

Pink Punch (USA)

Runtime:

Brazil:100 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Brownsville, Texas, USA

Company:

Dejarme Disfrutar Films

Trivia:

One of the inmates of the Matamoros High Security Prision, known as Tun Tun, was helped by the cast and crew of the film to obtain his freedom. Tun Tun, a small man that appears in the film as one of German's bodyguards in prison, was in jail because he tried to steal a bike and was unable to pay the fee. The cast and crew created a found named "Free Tun Tun" and everyone gives 5 dollars to complete the fee. Tun Tun was released the final day of shooting in the prison. He didn't expect it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Con la nalguita por detrás... de cámaras (2005) (V)

Good crime film in line with the new Mexican cinema

This film, currently playing on Latin American Cinemax, for those of you out there in cable TV land, is a good crime film in the general mold of the new Mexican "reality" cinema ("Amores Perros", "Nicotina" & the like).

This one is somewhat different in that it is not located in gritty Mexico City. Its depiction of life in a Mexican jail and its variety of inmates add freshness to what is becoming a somewhat over worked genre. The film's location at a large city just on the other side of the U.S. also allows the film makers to address issues and crimes inherent to border towns, another welcome difference from recent Mexican films exported abroad.

The title refers to one of the main characters who is a boxer "Pink Fists". But don't be fooled, this is not a boxing movie. The part time boxer (also a mortician) becomes involved with the world of crime by accident - being at the wrong place at the wrong time. His consequent involvement with this underworld is what moves the film. Definitely recommendable.