Bad Habits (2007)
"Malos hábitos" (original title)

Intertwining stories of abuse, adultery, and anorexia center around a family and with obsessed mother living in Mexico City.

Director:

Simón Bross

Writers:

Ernesto Anaya, Simón Bross

Stars:

Ximena Ayala, Elena de Haro, Marco Antonio Treviño

7 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ximena Ayala	...	Matilde
Elena de Haro	...	Elena
Marco Antonio Treviño	...	Gustavo
Aurora Cano	...	Teresa
Elisa Vicedo	...	Linda
Emilio Echevarría	...	Ramón - padre de Matilde
Patricia Reyes Spíndola	...	Madre Superiora
Milagros Vidal	...	Gordibuena
Héctor Téllez	...	Sacerdote
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alejandro Calva	...	Doctor Sensato
Leticia Gómez Rivera
Mónica Huarte	...	Fanny
Roy Majoe	...	Doctor Chino
Lilia Mendoza

Storyline

Intertwining stories of abuse, adultery, and anorexia center around a family and with obsessed mother living in Mexico City.

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Plot Keywords:

anorexia | nun

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish Chinese

Release Date:

12 October 2007 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Bad Habits

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Altavista Films, Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (FIDECINE), García Bross & Asociados

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

A very complex movie, not for everyone...

This Mexican drama is based on a true 17th century story of a nurse, I don't know about it, but the case says so, and it was a surprise for me, especially because it was the film debut for Simon Bross.

I've seen it today with my wife and it was raining all the week long, so we loved the raining scenes that are part of the entire movie.

There are many themes, medics, anorexia, food, psychology, sickness, death, love, childhood, marriage, adultery, sex, familiar, social, school, luxury, religion, faith, beauty, architects... among many others, then I say it is a extremely complex moving picture, where the fusion of those parts make sense and we can spend some different 90 minutes in front of the TV.

The actors are very good, and well adapted to the characters physical and psychological terms. The shooting locations aren't bad; too many interior scenes, but the rain ones (even on the windows) compensate it.

It isn't the kind of movie for everybody, it's for people who love cinema and "don't bother with a bothering" story, just to extract some lifetime lessons and others experience. As a father it teaches me how to behave if some situations happen to me, and also how to expect and predict the behavior of the others, in particular my daughter.

The main theme is the eating-disorders, but this movie it's about the life of a dozen persons, like you and me… And those matters could happen to us, so we better put a stop to…