Skip to main content
2011 | Color | 90 min

At the end of the 1930s, a small group of men refuse to accept amnesty and decide to continue their fight against religious persecution. This is the courageous story of these soldiers of Christ, who carry out their struggle with little food and ammunition, against an arid and rugged landscape.


Country: México, Países Bajos
Direction: Meyer; Matías
Script: Cárdenas; Israel, Meyer; Matías
Production: Bárcenas; Julio, Herrera; Paola, Rivero; Enrique, Van Gestel; Frans, Meyer; Matías
Photography: Barroso Alcalá; Gerardo
Sound: de Icaza; Alejandro, Locatelli; Raúl
Music: Duran; Galo
Cast:Limón; Alejandro, Rodríguez; Jesús Moisés, García; Antonio, Ferreiro; Salvador, Lozano; Abel
Art direction: González; Nohemí
Participation year at FICM: 2011

Director Movies

Yo

Yo is a strong young man, but with limited mental skills. He says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her lover. One day he meets Elena, an eleven year old girl, who will change his life for ever.

See More

The Cramp

A depressed and solitary Frenchman wanders around a fishing community on the Mexican Pacificcoast. After spending days in this place of stunning natural beauty, his emotional state doesn’t seem to improve. He is not interested in anything or anybody.When he meets Pablo, a fisherman who shows him his simple way of life, Julien starts to feel better.

See More

Wadley

A man who walks alone through the Mexican desert eats Peyote. During his journey, he is confronted with himself, his loneliness, and the overwhelming landscape.

See More

Related News

Ganadores 22FICM
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10
JONÁS, QUE CUMPLIRÁ LOS 25 AÑOS EN EL AÑO 2000
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000
goodbye Horses
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024)
Alfonso Algara, Tlatoani Carrera
The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM