Hasta el viento tiene miedo (2007)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Gustavo Moheno

Writers:

Gustavo Moheno (writer)
Mario Luis Pacheco (writer)

Release Date:

19 October 2007 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

The answer is blowing in the wind?

Plot:

Claudia is a troubled teen confined in a very particular support center ruled with roughness by renowned psychiatrist Bernarda Alquicira...

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Girl | Teen Suicide

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Martha Higareda	...	Claudia
Verónica Langer	...	Bernarda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
María Aguilera	...	Enfermera
Alicia Bonet	...	Mamá de Claudia
Magali Boysselle	...	Silvia
Gustavo Campos	...	Paramédico
Cassandra Ciangherotti
Valeria Ciangherotti	...	Marina
Cecilia Constantino	...	Sara
Mónica Dionne	...	Lucia
Veronica Falcón	...	Victoria
Víctor Alfredo Jiménez	...	Paramédico
Fernando Luján	...	Doctor Vila
María Fernanda Malo	...	Jessica
Orlando Moguel	...	Chofer
Guadalupe Noel	...	Adela
Danny Perea	...	Josefina
Tania Robledo	...	Paramédico
Rebecca Trejo	...	Enfermera
Elizabeth Valdez	...	Ivette

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity, some sexual content and disturbing images.

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Mexico:B15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Coyoacán, México D.F., Mexico

Company:

Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (FIDECINE)

Trivia:

It was written originally that the scene in which Cassandra Ciangherotti and Mónica Dionne appeared together they were going to give each other a passionate kiss. But due to the content of eroticism already included in other scenes, they decided to change it.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Hasta el viento tiene miedo (1968)

Soundtrack:

Miedo

Not a masterpiece but still a good effort

I've just recently saw a preview of this film in the distributor's little theater. It's a peculiar film; not bad, very atypical for the Mexican industry, with serious flaws but also great moments and incredible acting.

Although is a remake of a cult classical Mexican film, the story takes quite a detour from the original. It intrigued me because it tries desperately to be very commercial and very artistic at the same time.

The premise is basic horror stuff -a suicide anorexic girl is confined in a psychiatric center haunted by a ghost-, and curiously enough, in a few minutes I was completely immersed not in the supernatural side of the story, but in the profoundly human interaction that the plot manages to establish between the characters.

Some aspects of the movie are kind of cheap (al least in front of the budgetary standards established by the pyrotechnical Mexican horror film "Km 31"), but the cast is so great that you forget the economical restraints of the piece.

Mexican actress and -believe me- next Hollywood star Martha Higareda, looks and acts very different from her previous roles (she was always the good looking girl next door), while Danny Perea -the girl from Duck Season-, makes quite an impression as the disturbed and beautiful Josefina, a character that is begging to have her own movie.

I don't have a clue of what are going to think the fans of the original movie, but I can say this: be prepared for a big surprise. You can like it or not, but the movie doesn't leave you indifferent. You really care for this characters... And, by the way, the music of the movie is really beautiful.