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Amar Te Duele

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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!

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.

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.

One of the best mexican movies out there. Theres a lot of cursing, some nudity and sometimes the black and white part gets annoying. But other than that, its an amazing movie. You're going to fall in love with it. Truly recommend it.

I saw this movie while staying in Mexico and it is a stunning, eye-opening look into the class differences in Mexico City. Most American (United States) looks into Mexico involve dusty border towns and sombrero-laiden stereotypes. This shows you another side of Mexico: class differences in one of the largest cities on earth. After 6 weeks in Mexico, much of it in Mexico City, I have a new view of life and of the world.

This movie is worth a watch. If you're not fluent in Spanish (I speak it, but I'm not fluent), you will want to use the subtitles, because it's full of slang and cussing in Spanish that would be impossible for a school-educated Spanish-speaker to get a grip of on the first watch.

Good movie; for those who don't speak english or know little spanish, read something about the movie (except the end of course), so you will know what's going on because they use a lot of slang.

I Really luv the Movie it is an awesome Romeo & Juliet luv story with a verry sad ending. Great!!!

One of most realistic and yet best love I ever seen, you could campared this film with Romeo & Juliet

This movie is a great adaptation. It has everything the classic romeo&Juliet story has- drama and tragedy! lol. The characters wer believable and the movie made you want them to end up together in the end. But of course, not possible.

I was very pleased with this film, latin originated films have been improving in all spects,

it is also a beautiful story and they made an exellent job in casting for every character.

This film makes you feel involved in the story.

This is a beautiful film that I will always remember and I'm thankfull that Amazon helped me find

this movie here in the U.S. because I coudn't find it anywhere in the U.S.

P.S. please provide more latin films. Thank you.