Blanca Guerra in “Cómo ves” [1986 Mexico]

I’m not well acquainted with the filmography of Mexican director Paul Leduc, but his 1986 film, “¿Cómo ves?” [Eng. Trans: What do you think?] is an interesting one. For a start, it depicts life in the less than glamorous settings of a slum in Mexico City, its gang culture, their then popular Punkrock scene, and some of the popular pop singers of the time representing themselves. The film is gritty and has a documentary feel to it – nothing is suggested – merely depicted in a matter-of-fact manner. It was also financed by the International Monitary Fund as part of celebrations for the International Year of the Youth.

I’m not a great fan of punkrock so I skimmed through portions of the film showing their long gigs, but I loved the excellent Merengue/Cumbia tracks in between – some of which was performed by Cecilia Toussaint.

Blanca Guerra:

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There are also a couple of awesome nude scenes in the film, one of them involving Blanca Guerra. You could almost call it public nudity as she’s on a terrace in broad view of people walking on the street. She plays a worker at a fish processing plant, and in this scene, she’s with her lover, fully naked, when the guy starts complaining about her ‘fishy’ odour and they get into a love-fight.

I’ve also inserted at the end a scene of her daughter (I don’t know the actress – the credits don’t mention character names) bathing early in the morning. That scene is very dark, but there’s nothing much I could do to enhance it, partly because this is from a DVDRip – and frankly the available DVD’s are priced far too high to justify a purchase. Interesting scene nevertheless.

Cecilia Toussaint – Cómo Ves? – Title audio track

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