A thorough analysis of the socio-politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage from the 1910s, interviews with farmers, politicians, intellectuals, middle class, union, etc, as well as scenes from the life of an Indian family in Chiapas, their religious rituals, their crops, trials and bilingual schools. The film ends with the slaughter in the Plaza de Tlatelolco in 1968, during the infamous Olympics.
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Raymundo Gleyzer Director · Steve Susman Editor
First release May 12, 1971 · Produced in Argentina, Mexico · Original title México, la revolución congelada
Production
Argentina · Mexico
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Original title
México, la revolución congelada
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
France · May 12, 1971
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight (exact date unknown)
Argentina · May 10, 1973
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Mexico
February 13, 2007 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 6, 1971 · Premiere · Locarno International Film Festival (exact date unknown)
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