Four Moons Explained

Four Moons
Director:Sergio Tovar Velarde
Producer:Edgar Barrón
Starring:Antonio Velázquez
Alejandro de la Madrid
César Ramos
Gustavo Egelhaaf
Alonso Echánove
Alejandro Belmonte
Karina Gidi
Juan Manuel Bernal
Cinematography:Yannick Nolin
Country:Mexico
Language:Spanish

Four Moons (Spanish; Castilian: Cuatro lunas) is a 2014 Mexican drama directed by Sergio Tovar Velarde.[1] [2] It stars Antonio Velázquez,[3] Alejandro de la Madrid,[4] César Ramos, Gustavo Egelhaaf, Alonso Echánove,[5] Alejandro Belmonte, Karina Gidi[6] and Juan Manuel Bernal.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards,[13] [14] but it lost out to 600 Miles.[15] Alonso Echánove was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 for his role in Cuatro Lunas.[16]

Plot

Four interwoven and complex stories of love and acceptance (of self and others): a boy who has secretly been attracted to his male cousin through life; two college students starting a secret relationship; a committed couple severely tested by the arrival of another man; and an old married man dazzled by a young married male who hustles to get back to his own family.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Huerta . César . Película controvertida se prepara en México . 2011-06-11 . 2012-08-22 . Spanish . 2015-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419221026/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/104830.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Bañuelos . Fernando . Sergio Tovar Velarde, un inadaptado que crea Cuatro Lunas . 2011-08-10 . 2012-08-22 . Spanish . dead . https://archive.today/20130119155359/http://cine3.com/sergio-tovar-un-inadaptado-que-crea-cuatro-lunas . 2013-01-19 .
  3. Web site: Ubillos . Saioa . Seducido por la magia granadina . 2012-06-30 . 2012-08-25 . Spanish . 2012-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120712101243/http://www.larazon.es/noticia/5414-seducido-por-la-magia-granadina . dead .
  4. Web site: García . Martha . De la Madrid sufre infidelidad en cine . 2012-12-24 . 2013-01-04 . Spanish . 2015-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419221021/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/119763.html . dead .
  5. Web site: Rentería . Hugo . Alonso Echánove, una carrera en renovación . 2012-04-01 . 2012-08-25. Spanish.
  6. Web site: Huerta . César . Es mamá de un niño gay . 2013-03-23 . 2013-03-25 . Spanish . 2015-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419205139/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/121904.html . dead .
  7. Web site: De la Cruz . Fabián . Juan Manuel Bernal apoya las cuatro lunas de Tovar Velarde . 2012-05-13 . 2012-08-22 . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221926/http://filmeweb.net/magazine.asp?id=8137 . 2016-03-03 .
  8. Web site: Hernández . Ricardo . Diversidad sexual, tema de película . 2012-08-17 . 2012-08-22 . Spanish . 2015-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419202245/http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/notas/n2659757.htm . dead .
  9. Web site: Cuatro lunas, retratos gays sobre aceptación personal . 2012-08-26 . 2012-09-08. Spanish.
  10. Web site: Películas de Brasil, Chile, Ecuador y México, finalistas de Guadalajara Construye 7 . 2013-01-28 . 2013-03-25. Spanish.
  11. Web site: FICG28: Anuncian los ganadores de Guadalajara Construye y el Encuentro de Coproducción . 2013-03-08 . 2013-03-25. Spanish.
  12. Web site: Vizuet . Ignacio . Cuatro Lunas, homenaje al amor y la libertad . 2013-03-23 . 2013-03-29 . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230808/http://www.filmeweb.net/magazine.asp?id=9521 . 2016-03-03 .
  13. Web site: Goya y Oscar 2016 . Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas . 21 August 2015 . 21 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151210182942/http://goyayoscar.com.mx/index.php/peliculas-inscritas . 10 December 2015 . dead .
  14. Web site: 14 Films Compete to Represent Mexico at the Oscars . Variety . 3 September 2015 . 3 September 2015.
  15. Web site: Mexico Picks '600 Miles' Starring Tim Roth as Oscar Entry . IndieWire . 17 September 2015 . 17 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150926012544/http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/mexico-picks-600-miles-starring-tim-roth-as-oscar-entry-20150917 . 26 September 2015 . dead .
  16. News: Lista completa de nominaciones a los premios Ariel 2015. April 13, 2015. October 20, 2016. Morelia International Film Festival. Spanish.
  17. Web site: Solís . Erik . Karina Gidi representa el desamor... . 2013-04-10 . 2013-04-14 . Spanish . 2013-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130411140103/http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2013/743758.html . dead .
  18. Web site: Juan Manuel Bernal, Karina Gidi, Mónica Dionne… en cinta gay. 2013-03-26. 2013-03-29. Spanish. dead. https://archive.today/20130410173501/http://closeupmexico.com/2013/03/26/juan-manuel-bernal-karina-gidi-monica-dionne-en-cinta-gay/. 2013-04-10.
  19. Web site: 2013 pinta muy bien . 2013-01-01 . 2013-01-04. Spanish.
  20. Web site: Reforma . Agencia . Tiene Juan Manuel Bernal hijo "bulleado" en filme Cuatro Lunas . 2013-03-11 . https://archive.today/20130413152540/http://www.provincia.com.mx/2013/03/tiene-juan-manuel-bernal-hijo-bulleado-en-filme-cuatro-lunas/ . dead . 2013-04-13 . 2013-03-25 . Spanish .
  21. Web site: Cuatro Lunas nueva película de homosexualidad, con Mónica Dionne . 2011-12-06 . 2012-08-25 . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419214933/http://entretenimiento.starmedia.com/cine/cuatro-lunas-nueva-pelicula-homosexualidad-con-monica-dionne.html . 2015-04-19 . dead .
  22. Web site: 2013 pinta muy bien . 2013-01-01 . 2013-01-04. Spanish.
  23. Web site: Hernández . Sandra . Poquer de filmes por estrenar . 2013-04-04 . 2013-04-14 . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130506191459/http://closeupmexico.com/2013/04/04/poquer-de-filmes-por-estrenar/ . 2013-05-06 .
  24. Web site: García . Martha Patricia . Laura de Ita, madre en la pantalla . 2012-06-29 . 2012-08-25 . Spanish . 2015-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419221018/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/114977.html . dead .
  25. Web site: Ruíz . Diana . La diversidad sexual viaja en cuatro lunas . 2012-08-18 . 2012-08-25 . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208102206/http://www.filmeweb.net/magazine.asp?id=8601 . 2015-12-08 .