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History Lessons

Country: Mexico, Language: Spanish, 105 mins

Original Title

Clases de historia
  • Director: Marcelino Islas Hernández
  • Writer: Marcelino Islas Hernández
  • Producer: Rosa Galguera; Marcelino Islas Hernández; Daniela Leyva Becerra Acosta; Andrea Toca

CGiii Comment

High school teacher Vero is sleepwalking through life, weighed down by chains of habit and ill health. She’s alone in the midst of family—her husband falls asleep in front of the television, her grown children are preoccupied with their own offspring. However, when an electric encounter takes place with the new rebellious student Eva, who is sent to apologize for scratching her teacher’s face, the precocious teen wakes Vero from her slumber. The two embark on an unconventional relationship with nods to both Lolita and Thelma and Louise—a wild ride indeed.

Verónica Langer gives a beautifully understated performance as the teacher who has more going on behind her poker face than any of her students imagine. The camera mirrors Vero’s transformation, establishing her routine with static, airless interiors, which change to pop music montages and hand-held shots as Vero parties with Eva and her friends. Vero and Eva’s relationship transforms as well, its transgressive layers peeling away to reveal these two variant souls as they course-correct their lives.

— MONICA NOLAN


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Trailer // Clases de Historia de Marcelino Islas Hernandez from Loco Films on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Verónica Langer as Vero
Renata Vaca as Eva
Anajosé Aldrete Echevarria as Verito
Jorge Bolado as Señor de la bicicleta
Carlos Ceja as Profesor Agustín
Salvador de la Garza as Toño
Mercedes Hernandez as Doctora
Héctor Holten as Daniel
Luciana Islas as Marianita
Sofía Islas as Niña
Hoze Meléndez as Said
Leonardo Ortizgris as Daniel jr
Fernando Álvarez Rebeil as Manuel
Ana Lorena Rodriguez as Mariana
Gabino Rodríguez as Topo