Year: 2004
Runtime: 91 mins
Language: Spanish
Director: Alfonso Arau
A fictionalized portrait of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, that became the most expensive Mexican film ever made. It launched with a massive advertising campaign and recorded the largest opening weekend in the nation’s history. Unusually for Mexican cinema, the project was financed independently.
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