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Burn the Bridges
- Director: Francisco Franco Alba
- Writer: Francisco Franco Alba; María Renée Prudencio
- Producer: Francisco Franco Alba; Issa Guerra
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A painful debut.
Unrelenting monotony with no respite.
Alba presents cliche-upon-cliche with a directorial style that is neither refreshing nor commendable.
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The(ir) Blurb...
Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. Her 19 year old daughter Helena dreams of traveling the world and learns foreign languages at home and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena cares for her mother with the help their house maid Chaya who also keeps the aging house in working order. Sebastian is Helena's teenage brother who attends a Catholic high school run by a Monsignor who plays classical music over the loudspeakers thinking it will calm down the boisterous kids. Sebastian's dreams are simple and he merely wants to move to the beach. Helena is smart and pretty but she has no friends, male or female and is totally devoted to her mother's care and is also on the verge of initiating an incestuous relationship with Sebastian.
Cast & Characters
Irene Azuela as Helena;
Juan Carlos Barreto as Efrain;
Bernardo Benítez as Juan;
Ricardo Blume as Padre Miguel;
Diana Bracho as Catalina;
Pablo Bracho as Padre Chacon;
Juan Costa as Dario;
Alberto Estrella as Emilio;
Jose Carlos Fermat as Grandote;
Aida Lopez as Chayo;
Roberto Luna as Joven con cuerda;
Claudette Maillé as Eugenia;
Angel Onesimo Nevares as Sebastien;
Ursula Pruneda as Madre Margarita;
Jessica Segura as Aurora