Chenillo explained in an interview that this film was inspired by her own grandmother's death. The film presents with some humor how a Jewish Mexican family deals with the suicide of the mother during the days prior to Passover. Some of the characters include an atheist ex-husband, a psychologist in love with his now dead patient, an absent son living with his spouse and his two young daughters in the US, an old Catholic maid and cook, and a shortsighted aunt who knows all the secrets of her deceased sister. Religion, family, death, jealousy, suicide, love, food, tradition, and time are several of the issues explored in this film.

María José Domíguez

Arizona State University