Tear This Heart Out (Spanish: Arráncame la vida) is a 2008 Mexican film directed by Roberto Sneider based on the novel of the same name by Ángeles Mastretta. It was Mexico's official submission for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Synopsis
The film takes place over the span of several years within the 1930s in Mexico, focusing on the life of Catalina "Catín" Guzmán (Ana Claudia Talancón), a young girl born to a middle-class family in Puebla. She meets the cunning General Andrés Ascencio (Daniel Giménez Cacho) while on an outing with her family and he becomes interested in her, paying her regular visits and lavishing her with gifts and praise. Smitten, she agrees to accompany him to Tecolutla and loses her virginity to him. At that point she becomes curious about sexual activity, including masturbation. Despite Andrés's light misogyny and casual derisions of her age and intelligence whenever offering her opinions on politics and other issues they discuss, she cares for him.
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