IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India

IFFI-2008
CINEMA OF THE WORLD
How Could I not love you?
/ Comono te voy a querer
2007, 35 mm, Colour, 80 mins, Spanish
Mexico
Hugo and Julia are two high school students that have different dreams and goals, but
they share the same passion for the Unam Pumas team. Both of them have the typical
teenager's interest. They go to the soccer games in company of the 'barra', a group of
teenagers that in order to arrive at the stadium assault public buses in unusual ways.
Hugo feels remorse by this since his father and his father's friends are bus drivers. Time
after time, this affair is the cause of confrontations between Hugo and his father. Beyond
that, Hugo's father's true worry is to see his son succeed as a professional man so he will
not end up just like him. However, Hugo doesn't think that way and he let's himself get
dragged by his dream of becoming a professional soccer player in his beloved team.
Driven by his dream, Hugo doesn't worry about his relationship with Julia, his education,
but worse of all, the family values that he has been brought up with. Julia on the other
hand is completely opposite to Hugo. She is a very attractive and intelligent girl, and she
knows very well what her goals are in life which she will reach. Although there are
mistakes that she makes, they are the ones she'll learn from. Always having the
unconditional love from her family and the moral support, they will watch every step she
takes. In the end, their lives take different paths learning that: 'In this life, everything has
a price', and everyone has to pay his own.
Director
Victor Jesús Avelar Martinez
Screenplay
Victor Jesús Avelar Martinez
Cinematography
Hector Maeshiro
Editor
Lurdes Rebora/Victor Avelar
Cast
Alejandro Belmonte, Siouzana Melikian, Daniel Martinez
Art
Laura Barroetaveña
Sound
Mario Martinez
Production & Sales
Imcine
Insurgentes Sur 674, Col Del Valle
CPO3100, Benito Juarez, Distrio Federal, Mexico
T/F: (5255) 54485339;
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica / Centro Nacional de
las Artes
Calzada de Tlalpan 1670 Col. Country Club, C.P. 04220 Del.
Coyoacán, México, D.F.
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Email: divulgacion@ccc.cnart.mx / adriana@ccc.cnart.mx
http://ccc.cnart.mx
Festivals
Guadalajara
Victor Jesús Avelar Martinez has been working as director of photography for
commercials and music videos in Tijuana City. In 2005, he made the short film Rosa, for
the National Contest of Shortfilm 2005, where the main subject was Feminicidios
(murders of women), and ended up getting among the top ten films to get an Honorific
Mention. This is his first feature film.
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