Then God Named It Earth

Sep 7, 1961

1h 25m

★ 5.2

Overview

During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Celis Internacional

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Cast

Marta

Katy Jurado

Efrén Domínguez

Ignacio López Tarso

Sebastián

Manuel Capetillo

Tata Pedro Domínguez

José Luis Jiménez

Don Cosme Aguilar

David Silva

Professor Marin

Miguel Córcega

Young Pedro Martínez

David Hayat

Captain Manuel Cienfuegos

Quintín Bulnes

Rafael Islas

General Prisciliano Sánchez

Tito Junco

Juan Pérez

Tony Carbajal

Young Prisciliano

José Luis Moreno

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.

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