The Attempt Dossier
Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
Herod's Law
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
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Jorge Fons
Director
Salvador Sánchez
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Antonio Villavicencio
Daniel Giménez Cacho
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Federico Gamboa
María Rojo
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Madre de Arroyo
Angélica Aragón
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Tía Avelina
Enrique Lucero
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El señor cura
Maya Zapata
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Chencha
Isela Vega
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Doña Lupe
Alex Cox
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Gringo
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