Movielogr
A History of Love and War (2024)
Directed by Santiago Mohar Volkow
Overview
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.
Length 111 minutes
Actors
Andrew Leland Rogers | Lucía Gómez-Robledo | Mónica del Carmen | Dario Yazbek Bernal | Manuel Garcia-Rulfo | Aldo Escalante | Teresa Sanchez | Sophie Gómez | Hernán del Riego | Patricia Bernal | Fernando Álvarez Rebeil | María Hinojos | Santiago Espejo | Sharon Kleinberg