Movie #1381 ........................."You're Killing Me, Susanna"

Movie #1381 "You're Killing Me, Susanna" -- just saw this at the Milwaukee Film Festival, the first one we saw, and it was just okay.  It's a Mexican film that was filmed mostly in Canada (it was supposed to be a small college in Iowa) so we found that amusing!  We are fans of the lead guy Gael Garcia Bernal (Letters to Juliet, Y tu Tambien, Amores Perros, and t.v. show "Mozart in the Jungle" -- he's the prominent Mexican actor), and he's kind of the Al Pacino of this generation.   When the married couple in this film argues, the lines and hands are flying --- it's an introduction to another culture that is more demonstrative than ours, and you have to get used to it and in a hurry.  But the substance of their conflicts is very universal because it deals with marital boredom, infidelity, revenge, true love, forgiveness.  The script in this film left something to be desired --- it was labelled a comedy, but it really wasn't that much --- just had a few funny moments, and really due to the lead's ability to be charming and funny and still flirty to every female he meets.  And you could see the end coming a mile a minute (predictable), but overall I'd give it a 3.8 out of 5.  It was an okay start to the festival.



"YOU'RE KILLING ME, SUSANA"    2017

An actor's (Gael García Bernal) world comes crashing down after he learns that his wife (Verónica Echegui) has left him for a poet (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) in Iowa.

Release date: February 17, 2017 (USA)

Director: Roberto Sneider

Language: Spanish Language

Languages: Spanish, English

Nominations: Ariel Award for Best Actor,

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