Director
Julián Hernández.
Leading Actors/Actresses
Miguel Ángel Hoppe
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Fernando Arroyo, Aljandro Rojo, Ignacio Pereda, Klaudia Aragon and Clarissa Rendon
Genre
Dramatic Fictional Film
Language
Spanish
Awards
2010 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize
Date of Release
2006
Producer
Roberto Fiesco
Setting and Context
Mexico
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person point of view
Tone and Mood
The tone is tense, and the mood is uproarious and buoyant.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The central character is Teodor Mykolayenko.
Major Conflict
The conflict is the love triangle between the three characters, namely Gerardo, Jonas, and Sergio.
Climax
The climax comes when Theo is released from prison and joins his wife Maria to create wealth for their family.
Foreshadowing
His drinking habit foreshadows Stefan's laziness and poverty.
Understatement
The outcome of hard work is understated.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film alludes to the fruits of hard work and strength of mind in life.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Anne and Stefan complain about poverty, yet they are lazy and unwilling to work hard like Teodor and Maria.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between Teodor's family's determination to excel and Anne's family, which is completely lazy.
