Gael García Bernal

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^Aww, I love this!

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Independent Spirit Awards Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REKcRnNxylA

 

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On "Charlie Rose"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk4on6EK108
^^^ this is the entire, hour-long episode ... skip ahead to 37:33 (on youtube) / 19:05 (when embedded) for Gael

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In some photos he reminds me so much of Rodrigo Santoro!

 

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In a commercial as a little boy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mepCLw2pCcg

^^^ the girl's outfit is so, so, so, so bad ... poor thing

 

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I've never seen this commercial!
Thank you WheresMyUmbrella : )

 

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sources: film.onet.pl, boyzaddicted.frbb.net, gael_garcia_bernal @ liveinternet.ru, gael-garcia-bernal.tk, siempre-gael.forumactif.com, waposdecine.com

 

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Super-hot kiss from Dot the I:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMC88pCsY0s


In Amores Perros:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTW0gf2MxdA
^^^Actually, the entire film (as well as Y Tu Mama Tambien) is on YouTube... just search for "amores perros pelicula" or "y tu mama tambien." They aren't subtitled though, so you won't understand unless you speak Spanish.

B)

 

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And an awesome interview with The Guardian:
Part 1: http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1926141,00.html
Part 2: http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1926158,00.html

I'd post it here, but it's too long.

 

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With Diane Kruger:


source: gaelonline.com


I can't get enough of his green eyes!

 

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sources: elpais.com; locasxgael, gael_ garcia, gaelgarciamexico, gaelgarciafans, and gaelgarciabernalclub @ groups.yahoo.com; terra.com, gaelgarciabernal.net

 

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sources: kasaichikashi.com, digitalrailroad.net, locasxgael & cluboficialgaelgarciabernal @ groups.yahoo.com, lasnoticiasmexico.com, elflady.com, gaelgarciabernal @ fotolog

 

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Cannes interview about The King:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoML2qwhys8

 

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^ I like the picture where he's wearing the orange/red top reading a book. All kinds of sexiness!

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From various mags:

source: ebay

 

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Still from El Pasado:

Description:

Héctor Babenco is one of Latin America’s most prolific filmmakers, and his output has contributed greatly to the canon of cinema from that region. From his portrayal of the mistreatment of street children in Pixote, the Law of the Weakest, to his tender adaptation of Manuel Puig’s novel Kiss of the Spider Woman, to his depiction of the horrors of an infamous Brazilian prison in Carandiru, Babenco has shot in Spanish, English and Portuguese and made an international impact with his films.

His latest feature, El Pasado, is a more personal film. It’s about a love affair that has ended and expresses Babenco’s views on the different ways that men and women approach breakups. In his eyes, women generally hold on to failed relationships because they feel they have helped to shape their former partners, while “men look for a new relationship without carrying the baggage from the love that has ended.”

Rimini (a powerful turn by Gael García Bernal) and his high-school sweetheart, Sofia (Analía Couceyro), are splitting up after twelve years of marriage. Rimini quickly finds a new love, but Sofia will not leave Rimini alone. Her insistent meddling destroys every new relationship Rimini enters, even creating problems for him professionally.

After a series of mishaps, Rimini finds himself working as a personal trainer and having an affair with an older woman. When he finds her with another man, he flies into a jealous rage and ends up in jail. The only woman who still loves him comes to his rescue. Their attempts to break with the past seem impossible; it permeates their present.

El Pasado explores many facets of the differences Babenco perceives between men and women. Why can’t Sofia get over Rimini? Why doesn’t Rimini stand up to her? His inability to communicate his desires allows her to destroy his life – and those of his subsequent lovers.

Outstanding performances complement Babenco’s superb direction, which creates an ominous mood as we watch Rimini and Sofia deal (or, rather, fail to deal) with both past and present. This master filmmaker’s latest work offers a bold view of the type of relationship that some individuals never seem to escape.

source: tiff07.ca

 

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Still from Deficit:

Description:

Mexican star Gael García Bernal makes his initial foray into directing with Déficit, a seemingly straightforward story about a house party held just outside Mexico City. Taking his cue from films like Alfonso Cuarón’s Y Tu Mamá También (in which he co-starred), García Bernal examines the differences between the classes in Mexico, focusing on the subtlest undercurrents of tension. A beautifully nuanced script, filled with ironic dialogue and situations, makes for a compelling portrayal of the state of Mexico today.

Bourgeois, hip-hop-loving rich kid Cristobal (García Bernal) is having his friends over for a barbecue at his parents’ weekend home. His younger sister (Camila Sodi) and her hippie, pill-popping friends are also staying at the house, and the clash between the two groups of friends, as well as between brother and sister, is both comic and intense.

A terrible case of wanting to have one’s cake and eat it too is at the heart of Déficit’s social criticism. Cristobal has invited his girlfriend, Mafer (Ana Serradilla), to attend, but when he meets Argentine beauty Dolores (Luz Cipriota), he gives Mafer the wrong directions, trying to buy time to win Dolores’s heart.

At first look, our hero does not seem so appealing. But what makes the film so intriguing is its refusal to moralize. More than anything, Cristobal seems trapped. He’s not so bad, really; just completely lost. His relationship with the house staff is nebulous: he has agreed to be the witness at his servants’ daughter’s communion, yet there is a strange, unexplained tension between him and gardener Adán (Tenoch Huerta Mejía). While they are the same age and have known each other since childhood, it seems that class awareness now separates them.

Intelligently directed, Déficit is graced with wonderful performances and a cast of mostly new faces. One of the most surprising qualities is the overall humbleness of García Bernal’s debut, exemplified by his modest budget and his fresh cast, and rewarded by the film’s particular lightness. Déficit is not only an excellent commentary on troubles currently facing Latin America; it’s an honest, sincere film, showcasing a new facet of one of that region’s most inspiring young talents.

source: same as above

Both film synopses are from the Toronto International Film Festival's website.

 

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Last bit of movie news: Gael's been cast in another film!

Bernal to star in Moodysson pic
'Mammoth' to lense in November
By GUNNAR REHLIN, ED MEZA

VENICE/BERLIN — Gael Garcia Bernal has agreed to star in Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's upcoming drama "Mammoth."

Garcia Bernal, who will next appear in Hector Babenco's Argentine drama "El Pasado" and Fernando Meirelle's "Blindness" with Julianne Moore, plays a successful New Yorker who decides to radically change his life while on a trip to Thailand with his wife and daughter.

"Bernal is one of the most exciting young actors working today," said Moodysson. "He was my dream choice."

Additional roles have yet to be cast.

The $10 million production begins shooting in November in Thailand, New York, Sweden and in the Philippines.

Pic is co-produced by Stockholm-based Memfis Film, Lars von Trier and Peter Aalbaek Jensen's Zentropa Entertainment in Copenhagen and the new Zentropa Intl. Berlin, headed by former X Filme producer Maria Koepf.

The project has won the backing of a hodgepodge of financiers, including Sweden's Film i Vast, Swedish Television, the Swedish Film Institute, TV2 Denmark, the Danish Film Institute, the German Federal Filmboard, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the Nordic Film & TV Fund and Eurimages.

source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971356.html

 

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El Pasado has a new website in English: www.filmelpasado.com/english.htm It has new photos and a new full-length trailer.


source: filmelpasado.com

 

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source: same as previous