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A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 36%, Metacritic 58/100. Most of the 1,193 2000s romance movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Metacritic58/100
169 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert TowneDirector
- Robert TowneScreenplay
- Heitor PereiraOriginal Music Composer
- Ramin DjawadiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Colin FarrellArturo Bandini
- Salma Hayek PinaultCamilla Lopez
- Donald SutherlandHellfrick
- Eileen AtkinsMrs. Hargraves
- Idina MenzelVera Rivkin
- Justin KirkSammy
- William MapotherBill
- Tamara Marie WatsonSally
- Dionysio BascoPatricio
- Jeremy CrutchleySolomon
- Ronald FranceColumbia Sweeper
- Wayne HarrisonHeilman
Stills
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Themes
beachmexicobased on novel or bookpolicealcoholitalycigaretteletterkissgreat depressionloveracism