In Mexico, during the early days of the 20th century, two young revolutionaries who are best friends fall in love with the same woman, and both willing to die in a dangerous mission to let his pal marry the girl..
Is this for you? If you like old-school, black-and-white dramas that are heavy on the dramatic gazes and people standing in fields looking conflicted, you’ll dig this. If you need a movie that moves fast or has, like, a sense of humor, stay away. This is pure, unadulterated yearning. The whole thing feels like a fever...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Robert Quigley
Edward LeSaint
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"Is this for you? If you like old-school, black-and-white dramas that are heavy on the dramatic gazes and people standing in fields looking conflicted, you’ll dig this. If you need a movie that moves fast or has, like, a sense of humor, stay away. This is pure, unadulterated yearning. The whole thing feels like a fever dream of the Mexican Revolution. It’s not interested in the politics so much as it is in the absurdity of self-sacrifice. Two best friends, both so determined to let the other guy..."
Gustavo Carrillo
Emilio Fernández, Ernesto Cortázar, Robert Quigley, Íñigo de Martino
Mexico
Maurice Elvey
