The Reasons of the Heart

The Reasons of the Heart

119 mins | Drama | Oct. 7, 2011

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her life. One day, she loses the two things which makes everything beareable: her lover and her credit card.

The Reasons of the Heart

119 mins | Drama | Oct. 7, 2011

The Reasons of the Heart
In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her life. One day, she loses the two things which makes everything beareable: her lover and her credit card.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Ibermedia, Wanda Films, Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (FIDECINE), Mil Nubes-Cine, Programa Ibermedia
Original title Las razones del corazón
Directors Arturo Ripstein
Writers Paz Alicia Garciadiego, Gustave Flaubert

Cast

Arcelia Ramírez

as Emilia

Vladimir Cruz

as Nicolás

Plutarco Haza

as Javier

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

as Doña Ruti

Alejandro Suárez

as Jasper

Pilar Padilla

as Jaquie

Paola Arroyo

as Isabel

Carlos Chávez

as Fumigator

Eligio Meléndez

as Lawyer

Marta Aura

as Emilia's mother

Harold Torres

as Worker 2

Norma Pablo

as Pilar