Bárbara Mori Movies
After spending her first onscreen decade in Spanish-language productions with limited international exposure, the alluring South American-born actress Bárbara Mori signed for the lead in Chilean director Claudio Dabed's romantic comedy Pretending -- as a sexy Latina who opts to disguise herself as a homely, frumpy woman to experience life (and men) on the other side of the fence. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide- 2008
Two strangers who have met in one another's dreams come face to face in the real world with disturbing results in this psychological thriller from Mexico. Chelo (Barbara Mori) is a successful and well-respected architect who found little satisfaction in her love life. While the men she dates cannot satisfy her, each night she dreams of a handsome man who can fulfill all her desires. Meanwhile, Dr. Marquez (Leonard Sbaraglia) is a leading heart surgeon who is engaged to marry a beautiful woman, Marcela (Marina de Tavira), but as he sleeps he's visited by terrible visions of a woman who wants to kill him. Chelo believes she can't go on without finally meeting the literal man of her dream, who she is certain is real, so she devises a plan -- she makes herself look as if she's been attacked, and goes to the police and tells them she's been beaten and raped. Chelo gives a careful description of her assailant that closely resembled the man in he dreams, and they soon present her with a suspect who matches the description -- Dr. Marquez. At the same time, when the doctor gets a look at Chelo, he's terrified as he realizes she's a dead ringer for the malevolent woman from his nightmares. Violanchelo, a.k.a. Amor, Dolor y Viceversa (aka Love, Pain and Vice-Versa) was the first feature from director Alonso Pineda-Ulloa. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bárbara Mori, Leonardo Sbaraglia, (more)
A sexy woman decides to find out what life is like for her less attractive sisters in this comedy from Chile. Amanda (Bárbara Mori) is a beautiful, intelligent, and talented woman who is trying to make a name for herself as an architect, but despite her seeming good fortune, Amanda is not happy with her life. Amanda's husband is chronically unfaithful to her, and her boss is by turns a bully and a weakling, and she begins to wonder if men disrespect her because of her good looks. Amanda puts this theory to the test when she leaves her husband and job behind and moves to a new town, where she takes the name Helene and disguises her face and figure with a padded suit, an ugly wig, dowdy makeup and crooked false teeth. Relying solely on her talent, Helene quickly gets a job at a small design firm whose boss Max (Jaime Azocar) is greatly impressed with her ideas for new buildings. One of Helene's new co-workers is Marcelo (Marcelo Mazarello), a shirt-chasing male chauvinist who initially pays no attention to the frumpy new employee. However, as they get to know one another, Marcelo finds he admires Helene's turn of mind and enjoys having a friendship with a woman for a change, though Amanda is appalled by his attitudes toward women -- so much that she hatches a plan to turn the tables on him by meeting him without her Helene disguise. Pretendiendo (aka Pretending) received its North American premiere at the 2006 Los Angeles Latino Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bárbara Mori, Marcelo Mazzarella, (more)
A woman bored with marriage discovers the pleasure and pain of infidelity in this stylish drama from Mexico. Zoe (Bárbara Mori) is a beautiful woman who has been married to Ignacio (Christian Meier) for nearly a decade. While Zoe still loves her husband, she feels the spark has gone out of their relationship, and she's become restless and anxious. Hoping to find the excitement she craves in forbidden fruit, Zoe falls into an affair with Gonzalo (Manolo Cardona), Ignacio's rough-edged but handsome brother. Zoe and Gonzalo's passionate affair is deeply satisfying to them both, but the adulterous couple must deal with the sharp sting of betrayal when Ignacio finds out they've been sleeping together. La Mujer de mi Hermano (aka My Brother's Wife) was the first feature length film from director Ricardo de Montreuil. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bárbara Mori, Christian Meier, (more)
In this over-the-top romantic comedy from Mexico, Gabriel (Arath de la Torre) is a regular guy who one day falls head over heels for Alejandra (Barbara Mori), a beautiful girl he sees in a dance club. While it's love at first sight for Gabriel, he doesn't get Alejandra's phone number; soon he's obsessed both with how to find her and then how to win her heart, and the advice of his knucklehead pals doesn't prove to be very helpful. In time, Gabriel finally makes a date with Alejandra, but Gabriel quickly learns that she isn't quite as interested in him as he is in her. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bárbara Mori, Arath de la Torre, (more)
