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One of the top-grossing Mexican films of all time

And its opposite

You're Killing Me Susana — now showing at Digital Gym Cinema
You're Killing Me Susana — now showing at Digital Gym Cinema

Almost every single Mexican telenovela ends with the cliché wedding after a long, tumultuous journey. Roberto Sneider’s film You’re Killing Me Susana (Mexico, 2016, Cuévano Films) is the story of what happens after the “happily ever after.” Its husband and wife are like the antiheroes of Mexico’s idealized “married couple.”

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You're Killing Me Susana <em>(Me estás matando Susana)</em> *

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Fish-out-of-water relationship dramedy in which the fish is a blissfully self-centered actor (played with boyish charm by Gael García Bernal), the water he’s out of is Mexico City, and the dry land upon which he is flopping and gasping is the Iowa Writers Workshop, where his frustrated wife (Verónica Echegui) has fled for a little self-fulfillment, aesthetic and otherwise. “Dramedy” is actually something of a misnomer, since the comedy inherent in the setup (hot-blooded Latino jealously pursuing his woman through the thickets of literary theory and artistic transmutation) is almost entirely neglected. (Instead, our hero hides out from a stiffed cabbie and brags about bull’s penis tacos to the horrified local yokels.) But it’s too slight and simple to be a straight-up drama. Maybe a bawdy ballad? <em>She climbed the Pole’s willy/ but I spanked her silly/ and now we are happy again!</em> It might have helped if director Roberto Sneider had let his female lead be something more than the pretty thing doing the figurative killing mentioned in the title.

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Dark humor spotlights modern machismo through the husband, but the film also introduces a sometimes forgotten character in Mexico, a strong woman, Susana. That translates to a loving but highly toxic (and entertaining) relationship. Playing at the Digital Gym Cinema through March 9. Also available on Online Latino.

Gustavo Loza’s Don’t Blame the Kid (Mexico, 2016, Adicta Films) can’t be more opposite. It has everything Mexican audiences love: a scandalous conflict and the path to true love. Maru, the main character, has a one-night stand, gets pregnant and decides to follow tradition and marry the father — nothing new. But, what shines through the old plot is the ridiculous humor. The film is one of the top grossing Mexican films of all time. Available on Netflix.

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You're Killing Me Susana — now showing at Digital Gym Cinema
You're Killing Me Susana — now showing at Digital Gym Cinema

Almost every single Mexican telenovela ends with the cliché wedding after a long, tumultuous journey. Roberto Sneider’s film You’re Killing Me Susana (Mexico, 2016, Cuévano Films) is the story of what happens after the “happily ever after.” Its husband and wife are like the antiheroes of Mexico’s idealized “married couple.”

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You're Killing Me Susana <em>(Me estás matando Susana)</em> *

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Fish-out-of-water relationship dramedy in which the fish is a blissfully self-centered actor (played with boyish charm by Gael García Bernal), the water he’s out of is Mexico City, and the dry land upon which he is flopping and gasping is the Iowa Writers Workshop, where his frustrated wife (Verónica Echegui) has fled for a little self-fulfillment, aesthetic and otherwise. “Dramedy” is actually something of a misnomer, since the comedy inherent in the setup (hot-blooded Latino jealously pursuing his woman through the thickets of literary theory and artistic transmutation) is almost entirely neglected. (Instead, our hero hides out from a stiffed cabbie and brags about bull’s penis tacos to the horrified local yokels.) But it’s too slight and simple to be a straight-up drama. Maybe a bawdy ballad? <em>She climbed the Pole’s willy/ but I spanked her silly/ and now we are happy again!</em> It might have helped if director Roberto Sneider had let his female lead be something more than the pretty thing doing the figurative killing mentioned in the title.

Find showtimes

Dark humor spotlights modern machismo through the husband, but the film also introduces a sometimes forgotten character in Mexico, a strong woman, Susana. That translates to a loving but highly toxic (and entertaining) relationship. Playing at the Digital Gym Cinema through March 9. Also available on Online Latino.

Gustavo Loza’s Don’t Blame the Kid (Mexico, 2016, Adicta Films) can’t be more opposite. It has everything Mexican audiences love: a scandalous conflict and the path to true love. Maru, the main character, has a one-night stand, gets pregnant and decides to follow tradition and marry the father — nothing new. But, what shines through the old plot is the ridiculous humor. The film is one of the top grossing Mexican films of all time. Available on Netflix.

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