''Sin Remitente'' (also known as ''Return to Sender'' and ''Sender Unknown'') is a 1995 Mexican

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

Carlos Carrera Carlos Carrera (born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed '' El crimen del Padre Amaro'' (2002), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, he directed ''Backyard'' abou ...

. The film was entered into the main competition at the 52nd edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

. It also won three

Ariel Award The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award reco ...

s, for

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, best direction and best actor.

Plot

Cast

*Fernando Torre Laphame as ''Andrés'' * Tiaré Scanda as ''Mariana'' *Luisa Huertas as ''Teresita de Jesús'' *Guillermo Gil as ''Mario'' * Luis Felipe Tovar as ''Luis Felipe'' *Gina Morett as ''Beti'' *Nora Velázquez as ''Rosa'', Mario's wife

Accolades

Ariel Awards

The

s are awarded annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in Mexico. ''Sin Remitente'' received four awards out of 14 nominations. , - , rowspan="14" scope="row",

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, scope="row", ''Sin Remitente'' , scope="row",

Best Picture The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...

, , - , scope="row",

, scope="row", Best Direction , , - , scope="row", Fernando Torre Lapham , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Actor , , - , scope="row", Guillermo Gil , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Supporting Actor , , - , scope="row", Gina Morett , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Supporting Actress , , - , scope="row", Luis Felipe Tovar , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Actor in a Minor Role , , - , rowspan="1" scope="row", Ignacio Ortíz Cruz and Silvia Pasternac , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Original Screenplay , , - , scope="row", Juan Cristobal Pérez Grobet , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Original Score , , - , scope="row", Xavier Pérez Grobet , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Cinematography , , - , scope="row", Sigfrido Barjau , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Editing , , - , rowspan="2" scope="row", Gloria Carrasco , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Production Design , , - , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Set Design , , - , scope="row", Nerio Barberis and Salvador de la Fuente , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Sound , , - , scope="row", Alejandro Vázquez , rowspan="1" scope="row", Best Special Effects , , -

References

External links

* 1995 drama films 1995 films Mexican drama films Films directed by Carlos Carrera 1990s Spanish-language films 1990s Mexican films Spanish-language drama films {{1990s-drama-film-stub