The History in the Gaze

Apr 15, 2011

1h 18m

★ 6.8

Overview

The film portraits the stage previous to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, from the end of Porfirio Díaz´ government, the social volatility, the ephemeral government of Madero and the presence of the working class in the figures of Villa and Zapata, until the signing if the Constitution of 1917. All of this through moving images, filmed during those events mainly by the Alva brothers, filmmakers of that time. Those images let us perceive the contradictory and shuddered glance of the people of that period.

Genres

History

Documentary

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Porfirio Díaz

Self (archive footage)

Francisco I. Madero

Self (archive footage)

Emiliano Zapata

Self (archive footage)

Pancho Villa

As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles.

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0.0

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7.3

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6.2

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5.3

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7.2

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10.0

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8.0

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8.5

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6.0

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6.0

Time

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7.3

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ABBA's 1979 tour of North America and Europe, with emphasis on performances at Wembley Arena, London.

7.0

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0.0

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