Screened as part of NZIFF 2014

The Noble Family 2013

Nosotros los Nobles

Directed by Gary Alazraki World

A self-made mogul tricks his three spoiled-rotten kids into believing they are paupers. Mexico’s biggest box-office hit of all time made millions by taking satirical aim at the idle rich.

Mexico In Spanish with English subtitles
108 minutes DCP

Director

Producers

Leonardo Zimbrón
,
Gary Alazraki

Screenplay

Gary Alazraki
,
Adrián Zurita
,
Patricio Saiz

Photography

José Casillas

Editor

Jorge García

Production designers

Rubén Bross
,
Alejandro Martinez Sanchez

Art directors

Alejandro Martinez Sanchez
,
Gabriela Rodríguez Farah

Sound

Enrique Ojeda

Music

Benjamín Schwartz

With

Gonzalo Vega (Germán Noble)
,
Karla Souza (Bárbara Noble)
,
Luis Gerardo Méndez (Javi Noble)
,
Juan Pablo Gil (Cha Noble)
,
Ianis Guerrero (Lucho)

Festivals

Vancouver 2013

Elsewhere

Mexico’s biggest box-office hit of all time takes satirical aim at the idle rich when a self-made mogul tricks his three spoiled-rotten kids into believing they are paupers. You don’t have to be from Tijuana, though, to recognise the character types being satirised with such finesse by the film’s fine troupe of comic talent. When his daughter declares with a flounce that he can’t stop her marrying a moneyless wastrel many years her senior, multi-millionaire Germán takes the wake-up call. He realises what partying throngs of hangers-on have known for years: his three 20-something children are vain, extravagant, hideously spoiled and incapable of fending for themselves. The time has come to revoke their keys and credit cards.

“Loaded with topical references to today’s millennial party kids – a breed much the same no matter where you are in the world – The Noble Family is a slick, stylish and very funny comeuppance comedy. A sequel is already in the works, and don’t be surprised if you see a Hollywood remake down the pike.” — Vancouver International Film Festival