A History of Love and War
This outrageous comedy stages a soap opera of epic proportions, as one corrupt property developer faces trial for Mexico’s violent history. The fourth feature from Santiago Mohar Volkow, Una historia de amor y guerra centres on real estate baron Pepe Sánchez-Campo, whose mega-mall development brings him into conflict with local guerrillas. For once, bribery and a call to Daddy might not be enough to save Pepe – a character more grotesque than the telenovela unfolding around him. Trying to sabotage Pepe’s marriage to Constanza, her cousin and lover Teo records Pepe cheating. The resulting chaos precipitates in a burlesque bloodbath involving treachery, talking animals, colonial history and bartering in the afterlife.
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Genre: Comedy
Director: Santiago Mohar Volkow
Actors: Aldo Escalante, Andrew Leland Rogers, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Hernán del Riego, Lucía Gómez-Robledo, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mónica del Carmen, Patricia Bernal, Sophie Gómez, Teresa Sánchez
Country: Mexico
