Tomas Tomas is a yuppie womanizer
who gets around. Something changes for him, however, when he sees a young woman
that might actually alter his ways. She is a flight attendant named Clarisa
(who also happens to be his neighbor). Before Tomas can make his move, a
spurned former lover (a nurse named Silvia) decides to play a joke on him
(albeit kind of a sick, immoral and mean-spirited one). She alters a recent HIV
test Tomas took to say positive instead of negative. Now, Tomas is suicidal, as
he would rather have a quick death than slowly die of A.I.D.S. Clarisa too is
considering taking her own life after her boyfriend cheats on her (it is all a
bit overdramatic really). Maybe Tomas and Clarisa can find solace in each other
as they approach death.
Love in the Time of Hysteria is auteur
Alfonso
Cuaron’s first feature film, which he co-wrote with his brother Carlos Cuaron.
It is also Cuaron’s first major collaboration with cinematographer (and childhood
friend) Emmanuel
Lubezki. Cuaron has worked with his brother and Lubezki many times since. Production
designer Brigitte
Broch also worked on the film.
The film features a good cast
lead by Daniel
Gimenez Cacho, with Claudia Ramirez,
Luis de Icaza,
Astrid Hadad,
and Dobrina
Liubomirova in support.
Alfonso Cuaron just won a Best
Director Oscar for Gravity
and has also made the fantastic films Y Tu Mama Tambien,
Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Children of
Men. Love in the Time of Hysteria is not quite a well-polished as those
films, but it features many of the same elements (especially playfulness in its
tone). It is an interesting and different take on the classic romantic comedy setup
and is also very funny. It is well worth checking out for fans of Cuaron’s
work.
Trailer: Here
Available on: DVD
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