Media Type: Film Year: 1958 Who wrote / made it : Ismael Rodríguez Plot summary: Pancho Villa y La Valentina opens and closes with a voiceover by Pancho Villa (Pedro Armendáriz) whose decapitated head is hidden away in a foreign, rat-infested warehouse. The film takes vignettes from the life of Villa to flesh out his…
Category: Conflict in Mexican Film
Mexican Films centred on conflict and violence
La soldadera
Media Type: Film Year: 1966 Who made it : José Bolaños Plot summary: La soldadera follows the experiences of Lazara (Silvia Pinal) during the Revolution. She is a soldadera, as it is conventionally understood: she follows her partner, Juan (Jaime Fernández) into war and stays on after he dies to cook, nurse, carry arms, and,…
Arráncame la vida/Tear This Heart Out
Media Type: Film Year: 2009 Who wrote / made it : Roberto Sneider Plot summary: The film tells the story of the relationship between Catalina Guzmán (Ana Claudia Talancón) and Andrés Ascencio (Daniel Giménez Cacho) set against the political machinations of post-Revolutionary Mexico. It is a faithful adaptation of the eponymous novel by Ángeles Mastretta,…
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