This one got a lot of good reviews and an Oscar nomination for best foreign film, so I figured I'd check it out. Now, I'm not a prude or anything, but this turned out to be quite explicit, and I was bit surprised! The film itself is a coming of age drama about two young men whose girlfriends go away to Europe for the summer and leave them to cavort with one their cousins, a beautiful woman visiting from Spain. They go off in search of the elusive `Heaven's Mouth' beach and their friendship disintegrates as each of the friends has a sexual encounter with the cousin who just happens to be fleeing a cheating husband, and this leads the friends to reveal secrets about their prior infidelity. The film isn't without merit, the contrast between middle class Mexico City and the poverty of the rural areas is handled in an interesting way, and the characters are drawn in a realistic way. There's just a hint of soap opera in the plot that sinks it for me. Rating:6 out of 10
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