Some things never change(the high cost of living)
From the late 80's comes this Mexican drama about a young couple's personal problems with the economy. The couple live in the heart of Mexico City or the DF, as it is known, struggling to get by. You get the visual right away as one of the opening scenes features a bathroom, complete with growth on the white between the shower tiles as the wife states there is no water again. Rafael Sanchez portrays the husband and Alma Delfina the wife; both lead actors have acted in soap operas and the movie has some of those qualities. It is not a big budget production. Anyway, Miguel(husband)loses his job of three years as an architect of sorts who has no degree. Wife, Patricia, keeps them afloat but the high cost of living(hence the title)has them desperate. We follow Miguel looking for a job, the interview process and his carrousing with his friends later which is a spiral into trouble in paradise between the sexes. Their mariage looks doomed as they can't make rent. They get the "smart" idea to...
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