Product Details

• Actors: Luis Fernando Peña, Martha Higareda, Ximena Sariñana, Karla Alvarado, Patricia Bernal
• Directors: Fernando Sariñana
• Writers: Carolina Rivera
• Producers: Fernando Sariñana, Eckehardt Von Damm, Francisco González Compeán
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: December 26, 2006
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000JBXH78
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,284 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Amar Te Duele" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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AMAR TE DUELE - DVD Movie

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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST SURPRISE IN MEXICAN CINEMA, December 25, 2006

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GNV (The home of Ozomatli, Los Angeles, Califas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amar Te Duele (DVD)

This is one of the most powerful, tender, and well-acted films of forbidden love I have ever seen with an amazing cast with a beautifully interwoven soundtrack of the best Spanish rock bands in Mexico. I bought the DVD in Mexico in '02 just a year after its theatrical release without having seen it. I only asked about it since I was seeing posters all over the city.

I was glad that I bought it and showed it to my Spanish students. The result was nothing but tears and amazement at a beautifully told story of an impossible love because of an extreme difference in class. A teenage boy from a humble upper low class family falls in love with a upper class teenage girl; a love that is frowned upon in reality in actual Mexico City, where the story takes place.

Be ready to feel for the characters, understand the societal structure, and sense the frustration that the two main characters face while they struggle to be together for love. An amazing film for being a teenage love story... This was truly an Oscar-worthy film!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Accurate Look at Mexican Society, January 14, 2010

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Compay (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amar Te Duele (DVD)

As moviegoers, we've been beaten over the head with the Romeo and Juliet adaptations. What makes Amar Te Duele stand out is director Fernando Sariñana's decision to emphasize the differences between the socioeconomic strata of Mexico.

The majority of mainstream Mexican movies fail to touch on the rift that can exist between Nacos and Fresas. The closest equivalent in English that you can probably find to "Naco" is "White Trash", a Mexican that is considered by others to be lower-class or unrefined. To the contrary, Fresas are what you might consider the Mexican equivalent of "Preppy" individuals. These expressions are used lightly in movies such as "Y Tu Mama Tambien" to help polarize the lead characters, and show the influence it has on their relationship. Amar Te Duele is a breath of fresh air in that it delves deeper into the Naco/Fresa class differences that exist in Mexico, but rarely make it to American cinema.

While the plot itself isn't incredibly original, the movie is made enjoyable thanks to a warm performance by the very beautiful Martha Higareda. Higareda does a great job, despite this being her film debut, having only previously appeared in a handful of soap operas on Mexican television.

Amar Te Duele is not a top-notch example of Mexican filmmaking, but it is certainly a DVD that you will want to own.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshingly familiar but also new, March 31, 2007

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Wendell (Edmonston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amar Te Duele (DVD)

I enjoyed this. It's a reminder of how classic the premise of Romeo and Juliet really is, but it's always nice to see the story cast in new and innovative ways. This film does that. Martha Higareda is lovely as Renata, and in general Fernando Sariñana does a great job of getting the most out of his young actors. For American viewers this will also have the refreshing complexity of recent Mexican film in that it shows the class frictions and prejudices.

I did think the ending played out a little to conveniently tragic. It's not exactly as the original, of course. That ending might have been too elaborate to get into this story realistically. Instead the director goes for a gritty, believable sort of realism.