Personal Effects (Efectos secundarios) 17 years old

A comedy about four young adults adrift in Mexico City.

At 18, fresh from high school, Marina, Ignacio, Adam and Mimi, school mates bonded by fate, shared a dream about adult life, a dream of fame, success, perfect skin and that one endless, true love that, surely, was waiting just around the corner for each one of them. But 30's arrived, and none of the sweet promises of youth was fulfilled. Alone, failed and frustrated, all four are forced to stop and look around to try to understand where it all went wrong, and find an emergency fix for their lives, before it's too late, and happiness escapes through their fingers forever. Secondary Effects is the bitter coming of age comedy that follows their steps in the search for lost dreams, lost hair and good sex, at least, if true love turns out to be a mirage.

Credits

Personal Effects Cast

Name Character
Marina de Tavira She was 31, now 49 years old as Marina
Arturo Barba He was 33, now 50 years old as Adán
Alejandra Gollas She was 30, now 48 years old as Mimí
Pedro Izquierdo He was 26, now 44 years old as Ignacio

Personal Effects Crew

Name Department
Bertha Romero as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
Issa López as Director. She was 35 (now 53) years old Directing
Issa López as Writer. She was 35 (now 53) years old Writing
Jermaine Stegall as Original Music Composer. Sound
Personal Effects poster
Personal Effects (17 years)

A comedy about four young adults adrift in Mexico City.

  • Release day: Friday, September 01, 2006
  • Runtime: 111 minutes