Tear This Heart Out

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Tear This Heart Out

2008

1h 47m

7.9(121 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.

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62 members

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Ana Claudia Talancón

Catalina Guzman

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Daniel Giménez Cacho

Andres Ascencio

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José María de Tavira

Carlos Vives

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Joaquín Cosío

Juan

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Isela Vega

Gitana

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Delia Casanova

Julia

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Ana Ofelia Murguía

Clarita

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Álex Perea

Pablo

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Julio Bracho

Cienfuegos

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Alberto Guerra

Guillermo

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Fernando Becerril

Don Marcos

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Irene Azuela

Bárbara

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Danna Paola

Lilia Ascencio - Age 12

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Alejandro Usigli

Julián

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Itari Marta

Soledad

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Mariana Peñalva

Mercedes

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María Aura

Pepa

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Carmen Beato

Doña Elena

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Jake Koenig

Mike Heiss

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Metztli Adamina

Eufemia

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Jorge Almada

Gral. Aguilar

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Andrea Arámburo

Adriana

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Marta Aura

Josefina

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Iván Bronstein

Redactor en jefe

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Marcia Coutiño

Otra señora concierto

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Vicky de Fuentes

Lucina

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Abundino Díaz Alcantara

Campesino mitín

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Camila Fuentes

Pía

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Guillermo Gil

Rodolfo

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Aranza Gleason

Teresa

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Production

Federico González Compeán

Matón

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Raúl Kennedy

Salvador

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Eugenia León

Toña la Negra

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Surya Macgrégor

Olga

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Patricia Martínez de Velasco

Tía Gertrudis

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Alejandra Marín

Magda

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Pilar Ixquic Mata

Sofía

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Arantza Moreno

Verania - Age 5

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Gina Morett

La güera

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Pilar Padilla

Sra. González

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Andrés Pardave

Juez

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Art

Salvador Parra

Admirador Vives 1

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Victor Partida

Octavio

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Julián Pastor

General de arresto

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Flor Payán

Mónica

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Leticia Pedrajo

Sra. del Secretario

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Jorge Reynoso

Gral. Fuentes

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Carolina Rincón

Pilar

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Camila Risser

Pia Guzman

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Elvira Ruiz

Enfermera

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José Carlos Ruiz

Soriano

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José Sefami

Poncho Peña

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Alfredo Sevilla

Gral. Jiménez

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Camila Sodi

Lilia Ascencio

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Itza Sodi

Javier

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Rafael Sánchez Navarro

Cordera

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Rafa Cuervo

Leandro

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Gael Sánchez Valle

Checo - Age 7

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Rocío Verdejo

Marilú

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Humberto Vélez

Canales

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Mario Zaragoza

Borracho

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Rubén Cristiany

Notario

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