Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.
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Cast
53 people
Yolanda Ciani
Mary Greene
Known for
Wild at Heart
Departamento de soltero
Carlos Bracho
Esteban Baca Calderón
Known for
La fea más bella
Por ella soy Eva
Gabriel Figueroa
Marcela Fernández Violante
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Milton Rodríguez
Tony Coppola
Known for
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley
Peter Knife
Pedro F. Miret
Enrique Estévez
José Carlos Ruiz
Manuel Diéguez
Known for
Soy tu dueña
Wild at Heart
Leonardo Velázquez
Steven Wilensky
Coronel William Greene
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Sunburn
Pedro F. Miret
Beatriz Sheridan
Priscilla Johnson
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Rosa Salvaje
Contra viento y marea
Marcela Fernández Violante Director · Pedro F. Miret Writer Gabriel Figueroa Cinematographer
First release August 17, 1978 · Produced in Mexico · Production Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE)
Production
Conacine
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Corporación Nacional Cinematográfica (CONACINE)
Production
Mexico
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Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · August 17, 1978
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
April 1, 1980
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