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A woman bored with marriage discovers the pleasure and pain of infidelity in this stylish drama from Mexico. Zoe (Bárbara Mori) is a beautiful woman who has been married to Ignacio (Christian Meier) f... read more read more...or nearly a decade. While Zoe still loves her husband, she feels the spark has gone out of their relationship, and she's become restless and anxious. Hoping to find the excitement she craves in forbidden fruit, Zoe falls into an affair with Gonzalo (Manolo Cardona), Ignacio's rough-edged but handsome brother. Zoe and Gonzalo's passionate affair is deeply satisfying to them both, but the adulterous couple must deal with the sharp sting of betrayal when Ignacio finds out they've been sleeping together. La Mujer de mi Hermano (aka My Brother's Wife) was the first feature length film from director Ricardo de Montreuil. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Ricardo de Montreuil

Release Date: April 14, 2006

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DVD Release Date: July 25, 2006

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  • March 26, 2008
    Mexican films are making waves. With the success of Mexican directors like Alfonso Cuaron and Guillermo Del Toro, Mexico is slowly making its way to Hollywood and global audiences alike.

    'La Mujer de Mi Hermano' is a story about a man, his wife and his brother. Wife gets bored o... read moref man, wife seeks refuge to man's brother, wife and brother form an incestuous love affair, wife gets pregnant, man is devastated.

    Though that is not all. There is a shocking twist near the end. It is about man and his closet.

    All in all, an effective film with good acting and with it a good backstory. The leading lady is hot.

    3/5
  • June 25, 2008
    An interesting movie.
  • November 15, 2011
    It was a funny film and I simply wanted to see Barbara Mori after she finished her show of Rubi, wasn't as good as I wanted it to be but it wasn't boring either.
  • December 10, 2009
    Barbara mori..........if she was my brothers wife, it would be hard for me not to give into tentation!!!!!
  • September 5, 2008
    OMG~THIS MOVIE WAS IN ONE WORD...GREAT! I LOVED BARBARA MORI IN THIS. I FIRST FELL IN LOVE WITH HER WHEN SHE PLAYED "RUBI" FROM THE MEXICAN NOVELA. SHE DID A SLPENDID JOB ON THIS MOVIE. AND MANOLO CARDONA...SOOOO SEXY. HE WAS GREAT TOO. A DAMN, THE PASSION THAT MAN RADIATES IN TH... read moreIS MOVIE, MAKES YOU WANT TO JUMP INTO BED WITH HIM. I DEFINATELY RECOMEND THIS ONE. 2 THUMBS UP!
  • July 6, 2008
    Starts good and it gets interesting, but the ending was like whatever... Re-write on this one was needed!
  • November 7, 2007
    this was a late night, let's see what this is like and i'm now a huge barbara mori fan. this movie was a very nice surprise, and ms. mori is very nice on the eyes.
  • November 6, 2007
    i actually went into this for a cheap thrill and it most certainly starts off that way. i rolled my eyes over the set up and i felt nothing for these spoiled characters in their lavish mansions.

    however, i gave it a full run-through and i started liking the direction it was goin... read moreg in and how it was resolved.
  • August 7, 2007
    This movie was OK. I can understand why she was unhappy with her marriage but to get involved with his brother? Couldn't he have been better looking? Or does it not matter since he was a great lover?
    Either way, good movie, but still not a good excuse to sleep around.
    I did lea... read morern how to say some pretty interesting things in Spanish though.
    Go see this movie if you have someone of the opposite sex to watch it with.
  • April 24, 2007
    Esta bien chafa, a menos que seas hombre (por Barbara Mori) o en su defecto, medio rarita (si eres mujer)

Critic Reviews


Roger Moore
May 5, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

It's a gorgeously mounted soap, with enough third-act surprises to justify its reputation (it was a huge hit in Latin America). Full Review

Tom Long
May 5, 2006
Tom Long, Detroit News

Soapy, sappy, silly and sluggish, La Mujer de Mi Hermano (My Brother's Wife) is one of those issue movies that wants to cram every hot topic it can think of into a melodramatic situation. Full Review

John Monaghan
May 5, 2006
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

Debut director Ricardo de Montreuil only cares about filming pretty people in the most hackneyed positions imaginable. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
May 5, 2006
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

A stylish soap opera that casts cultural dramas as melodrama. Full Review

Justine Elias
May 5, 2006
Justine Elias, Boston Globe

Brisk, shallow, highly condensed version of a telenovela. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
May 4, 2006
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

The movie knows exactly what it's doing, and does exactly what it intends, without making one false move. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
April 19, 2006
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

You could dismiss this swankily shot Latin American trifle as an upscale soap opera, but that would be an insult to soap operas. Full Review

Neva Chonin
April 14, 2006
Neva Chonin, San Francisco Chronicle

Repressed desire! A sultry soap-opera star! Incest! Gay politics! La Mujer de Mi Hermano has it all. Now if it only had a decent plot. Full Review

Kyle Smith
April 14, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post

You've seen hotter stuff on Oxygen.

Jack Mathews
April 14, 2006
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

The secrets behind the brothers' long estrangement are revealed in hallowed soap opera tradition, and the improbable ending to the film almost demands further installments. Full Review

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