As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Ana Maria, a student photographer and daughter of a high-ranking official, finds herself embroiled in the movement and is swept off her feet by Félix, a working-class architecture student. This film remembers the events that led to one of the darkest chapters in Mexico’s recent history: the massacre at Tlatelolco, 10 days before the opening of the Olympic Games.
Cinematography
Newsreel grit meets intimate 16mm—feels like stolen evidence.
Acting
Ciangherotti's silent breakdown in the plaza will wreck you.
Director
Carlos Bolado
Christian Vazquez
Félix
Cassandra Ciangherotti
Ana María
Claudette Maillé
Gloria
Roberto Sosa
President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Juan Manuel Bernal
Ernesto
Armando Hernández
Paco
Álex Perea
Juanjo
Alejandra Ambrosi
Emilia
Teresa Ruiz
Licha
Juan Carlos Colombo
Abuelo Flavio Fonseca
Blas García
Timoteo / Locutor (voice)
Martha Navarro
Doña Martha
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AR
MX
