Gael Garcia Bernal

Mammoth

Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodyson's drama about the rich, the poor, globalisation and power

12 Jan 2011

(15) 125min Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodyson (Together, Lilya 4-Ever) returns to some sort of coherent form with this big canvas drama about the rich, the poor, globalisation and power. Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams star. GFT…

Letters to Juliet

28 May 2010

(PG) 105min Post Mamma Mia and Dear John, Amanda Seyfried’s reputation as rising star of drippy romances is confirmed by this airy, lightweight trifle which takes inspiration from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and, more peculiarly, the alleged…

Gael Garcia Bernal wants legal drugs

Celebrity Gossip

3 Sep 2009

Gael Garcia Bernal has called for drugs to be legalised. The Mexican actor says the trade of illegal substances is the cause of the majority of problems in his home country and believes if they were decriminalised it would reduce crime. The…

Rudo Y Cursi

25 Jun 2009

Latin American superstars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite on screen for the first time since 2001’s Y Tu Mamá También in this likeable and engrossing tale of brotherly rivalry, professional football and celebrity culture. When Mexican…

Lights, camera, action - Edinburgh International Film Festival launches programme

14 May 2009

The Edinburgh International Film Festival has launched its much-anticipated line-up boasting 135 features from 33 countries and 23 world premieres. Recent Oscar-winner Kate Winslet is expected to inject some glamour to the proceedings, work schedule…

Edinburgh International Film Festival announces programme

6 May 2009

The Edinburgh International Film Festival was announced today. The programme Includes 135 features from 33 countries and includes 23 World Premieres. Highlights from the programme include opening film Away We Go from British director Sam Mendes on 17…

Gael Garcia Bernal's father joy

Celebrity Gossip

15 Aug 2008

Gael Garcia Bernal is to become a father for the first time. The 'Babel' actor has revealed his girlfriend, Argentinean actress Dolores Fonzi, is pregnant with the couple's first child. Gael's production company, Canana Films, said in a statement…

Science of Sleep, The - feature

Sleep talking

12 Feb 2007

A love story set in Paris might not sound like terribly promising material, but Michel Gondry lets his feverish imagination run riot in The Science of Sleep. The resulting romantic fantasia is undoubtedly one of the most original films of the past year.

Science of Sleep, The (La Science des Reves)

The Science of Sleep (La Science des Reves)

12 Feb 2007

COMEDY/FANTASY French auteur Michel Gondry asserts himself as the natural heir to Jean Cocteau in this his third feature proper. Welcome to the mind-bending world of Stéphane Miroux (Gael García Bernal), a shy Mexican who exists in a perpetual…

Babel

(15) 143min

15 Jan 2007

DRAMA Somewhere down the crazy river there’s a little shack where screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams) churns out his indentikit scripts. This is how he does it. He looks at his holiday snaps, and then he imagines a catastrophic…