Pulling Strings

Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career as a diplomatic consul for the U.S. embassy, she's literally lived her life on the move, globe-trotting from city to city. Currently working in Mexico City and set to leave for London, Rachel's world turns upside down on the eve of her own goodbye party when she gets drunk and passes out on the street. Saved by Alejandro, a handsome Mariachi singer and single father, Rachel wakes up in his apartment with no recollection of how she got there. Nor does she remember that she rejected his visa the day before, which he desperately needs for his daughter. Romance unexpectedly blossoms between the two, but either sparks or fists will fly after she finds out his secret.

Our read · Pulling Strings (2013) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · romance · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Cast constellation

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2006

Laura Ramsey thread

Laura Ramsey

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2000

Stockard Channing thread

Stockard Channing

same tone

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2009

Jaime Camil thread

Jaime Camil

same tone

Tod@s Caen

2019

Omar Chaparro thread

Omar Chaparro

same tone

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actor path

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Omar Chaparro

actor path

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Laura Ramsey

actor path

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