Behind the stilted title and sex-farce setup — an aloof, middle-aged Canadian marries a much younger Mexican mail-order bride, who comes complete with an attractive widowed mother — lies a cool, unpredictable comedy of mismatched desires. Lonely and deeply wounded by a failed relationship with a married colleague (Lisette Guertin), shy Montreal academic Norman Green (Noel Burton), a film professor, turns to an Internet marriage broker, who matches him with Gladys (Vanessa Bauche), a schoolteacher in her 20s who's stifled by the limited horizons visible from her small-town home and disillusioned by the faithlessness and machismo of Mexican men. After a year ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins