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Tear This Heart Out (2008)
"Arráncame la vida" (original title)

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infidelity | military | mexico

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Rated R for some strong sexual content, nudity and language | See all certifications »
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12 September 2008 (Mexico)  »

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Arranca-me a Vida  »

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Mexico's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category. See more »

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You shouldn't miss this movie
18 September 2008 | by See all my reviews

I read Angeles Mastreta's book when it first came out and I just loved it. She's written some more afterwards, but I never really liked them as I enjoyed "Arrancame la vida". When I knew that a movie about this story was going to be done I read the book again, and to be honest I went to see the movie with the intention of reinforce that "stories are always better read in books, than depicted in movies". Well I was wrong.

To my agreeable surprise I enjoyed every minute of it, just as much as I did reading the book for the first time. You easily digest a witty yet sarcastic story, picturing a post revolutionary country society that grabs you from the very first second. All the charactersare very well pictured and the scenery is just perfect.

Thank you for this kind of Mexican cinema: enjoyable, brilliant and proudly capable of the quality to be appreciated by any kind of audience of the world.


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