Sístole diástole
- Director: Carlos Cuarón
- Writer: Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón
- Producer: Pelayo Gutiérrez, Erick Tamayo
CGiii Comment
The human heart relaxes and contracts. A family picnics in Xochimilco to celebrate the anniversary of papá and mamá, who are about 60. They meander into a field to make love. Their daughter Carmelita, a novice, prays for a sign: should she take her vows? Their nephew Victor Hugo, a crookback, tells his mute abuelo that he's going to ask his cousin Nena to marry him; Nena has secrets of her own to share with Victor. Daughter Rosa tells her drunken husband Mundo she wants a divorce. Rosa and Mundo's young son plays a card game with his tía abuelita. It all happens as mariachis sing and the family awaits the drawing of the National Lottery's grand prize. Hearts beat faster.
There was a trailer...but, it has since disappeared.
Cast & Characters
Ernesto Gómez Cruz (as Papá)
Salma Hayek (as Carmelita)
Roberto Sosa (as Victor Hugo)
Lumi Cavazos (as La Nena)
Demetrio Becerril (as Guitar player)
Gregorio Becerril (as Guitar player)
Enrique Cimet (as Abuelo)
Guadalupe Flores (as María Candelaria)
Martha Ofelia Galindo (as Tia Tacha)
Daniel Giménez Cacho (as Radio voice)
Ángel Infante (as Singer)
Horacio Jiménez (as Screaming kid)
Catalina López (as Rosita)
Evangelina Martínez (as Mamá)
Martha Claudia Moreno (as Susi)
Ismael Rodríguez (as Lorenzo Rafael)
Rodrigo Zurita (as Javo)
Jorge Zárate (as Edmundo)