La bonne réputation

I loved this movie! The storyline, the filmography, the music... everything about it is good.... and it is also a nice feeling to finally see good Mexican movies happening in the latest years.

What could have been an interesting societal study of a change of elites in the times of crisis (the falling down of Sofía De Garay's status and the rising of Ana Paola Haddad's) is lost as the characters, true to the selves of Mexican upper class, are too frivolous to understand the reality they live in. And the film does not go beyond that limited look of things.

Yes, old banking and manufacturing families went down in the crisis of 1982-88, and others -notably the mogul Carlos Slim, well portrayed as Mr. Haddad- made millions and millions, but the process was not as swift and shallow as the movie makes it be.

Acting is good, production is nice, pace is slow and the whole film ends up to (almost) nothing.

Amazing film, that is all I have to say. Loved everything about it.

This Spanish drama about a wealthy socialite and her husband, whose marriage goes through a crisis, seemingly triggered by the 1982 economic crisis, has much eye candy and nice cinematography, as well as costumes and makeup, not to mention production design. There are also decent performances from the main cast, mainly Ilsa Salas, Flavio Medina and Paulina Gaitan. Arc shot is used in excess sometimes, flamenco soundtrack (mostly clapping) is used in harmony with the emotional intensity of certain scenes, in the absence of other music score. The film becomes a bit slow at times, but this is not necessarily bad, because it allows the audience to have some rest between the more dramatic moments, even though it may bore the ones who want fast-paced entertainment. There is a message about the pretentious rich, who are filled with arrogance and often look down on others with a lower income, or people who join the "rich people's club", supposedly only because of money and not because they love truly someone. But in general it's an average movie, which talks about a problem, sadly without offering any solutions, it's good, though. The closing scene is really redemptive, showing a comeuppance that's certainly insufficient but serves as a way to administer justice (and it offers comic relief, too!), even if it doesn't seem very powerful. It's recommended to the ones who would like to watch a movie to pass the time and think a little about something.

This film captures the reality of a rich life controlled by the lust of the flesh. The director did an excellent job weaving the elements of money, judgmental mindsets, arrogance, pride, and the characteristics of vanity. The all too perfect lives stitched up with fake and deceptive threads of life. I cannot forget to mentioned the addictive vices and the wondering if you are a good person or parent surrounded by a circle of opportunist friends. I thought the coming out of the public restroom scene summed it up well. It seems that money sets you up to selfishly desires what you want no matter who you hurt. This movie confirms Victor Hugo's quote, "Adversity creates men; Prosperity creates monsters." Yet, everyone deserves a true friend despite of who you are. I hope people will watch this flick for what it really signifies.... the sad reality of a prosperous life.