Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'

May 19, 2013

1h 45m

★ 6.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

FIDECINE

Corazón Films

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Cast

Félix

Christian Vazquez

Ana María

Cassandra Ciangherotti

Gloria

Claudette Maillé

President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

Roberto Sosa

Ernesto

Juan Manuel Bernal

Paco

Armando Hernández

Juanjo

Álex Perea

Emilia

Alejandra Ambrosi

Licha

Teresa Ruiz

Paulina

Lucía Blaksley

Secretario

Ricardo Kleinbaum

Abuelo Flavio Fonseca

Juan Carlos Colombo

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