Ricky Martin Makes Venice Film Festival Debut with 'Hombre Al Agua' Movie Alongside Manuel Garcia-Rulfo & Director Gael Garcia Bernal
Bernal’s dramedy follows a Cuban lifeguard whose rise into wealth unravels after he saves a tycoon from drowning, with Ricky Martin in a cameo.
- Actor-Director Gael García Bernal premiered his third feature film, Hombre al Agua, at the Venice Film Festival, featuring a notable cameo by Ricky Martin in this satirical dramedy.
- Camilo, a lifeguard on Cuba's Varadero Beach, saves business tycoon Don Abel from drowning, launching a rags-to-riches transformation that culminates when he marries Abel's daughter, Juana.
- Critics noted the film's erratic tone, with reviewers comparing the narrative to "a bad sitcom," though the plot attempts to dissect class divisions in Mexico amid the protagonist's unraveling personal life.
- Bernal frames the narrative through a television series chronicling Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's political career, while the protagonist navigates complex relationships with various women, including actress Fabiana.
- Following his 2019 drama Chicuarotes and 2007 debut Déficit, Bernal's latest work attempts to blend situational comedy with deeper observations on masculinity and moral purpose in contemporary society.
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Ricky Martin Makes Venice Film Festival Debut with 'Hombre al agua' Movie Alongside Manuel Garcia-Rulfo & Director Gael Garcia Bernal
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The star of 'Amores Perros' and 'Y tu mamá tambíen' directs and acts in a midlife crisis flick about a Cuban émigré in Mexico trying to hold onto his family, career and sanity.
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The Puerto Rican artist celebrates his first participation in the Venice Film Festival with Overboard, a film by Gael García Bernal in which he acts and participates as a producer.
Being in Venice "is not anything; perhaps [García Bernal] is used to it, but I am not. This is wonderful", acknowledges the interpreter of "Livin' the crazy life".
The Mexican actor came back behind the cameras to direct "Man al agua", with Ricky Martin in the cast.
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