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1935 | B/N | 92 min

Five rangers, admirers of Pancho Villa, join the celebrated División del Norte. One by one they die, either in battle or in absurd situations, leaving the sole survivor Tiburcio Maya with a bitter impression of the revolutionary struggle. This is a masterful adaptation of the novel by Rafael F. Muñoz and is considered the best Mexican film of all time. The film is a critical reflection of Mexico as a nation.


Country: México
Direction: de Fuentes; Fernando
Script: F. Muñoz; Rafael, Villaurrutia; Xavier, de Fuentes; Fernando
Production: J. Pani; Alberto
Photography: Figueroa; Gabriel, Draper; Jack
Sound: Ruiz Esparza; Rafael, Fernández; Eduardo
Music: Revueltas; Silvestre
Cast:R. Frausto; Antonio, Soler; Domingo, Tamés; Manuel, Vallarino; Ramon, López “Chaflán”; Carlos, de Anda; Raúl, F. Muñóz; Rafael, Sánchez Tello; Alfonso
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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Let’s Go with Pancho Villa 

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During the Mexican Revolution, a group of brave peasants known as the Leones de San Pablo join Pancho Villa’s army. After a few battles, with more defeats than victories behind them, the original group has shrunk in number, and a series of troubles leads them to rethink their position.

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El prisionero 13

El prisionero 13

Marta leaves her drunkard husband, Colonel Carrasco, taking their young son with her. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable young man. Years later, Carrasco accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary from his prison and asks to have him replaced by absolutely anyone. That anyone turns out to be his own long-lost son. When Carrasco finds out, he desperately attempts to prevent Juan’s execution at the hands of his very own officers.

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The Phantom of the Monastery

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Married couple Cristina and Eduardo, along with their friend Alfonso, get lost in the woods at dusk. When they encounter a mysterious monk, who offers them shelter at the old monastery of the Order of Silence, Eduardo is scared and refuses to go inside the building, but Cristina and Alfonso—who are having an affair—convince him to spend the night there. A series of abnormal events will make the lovers regret their decision.

 

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