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The Convict Patient (2012)

The Convict Patient (2012)

Documentary

Behind every social movement, there is a man willing to die.

Release Date: 2012, October 4
Directors: Alejandro Solar Luna
Countries: Mexico
Production: Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, UNAM, Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC)
Cast: Carlos Francisco Castañeda de la Fuente, Fulgencio Blanco, Pedro Castañeda de la Fuente, Estela Irineo, Gina Batista, Miguel Nazar Haro, Norma Ibañez, Horacio Trujillo Hernández, Juan Manuel Gallardo

Overview:

On February th 1970, Carlos Castañeda de la Fuente tried to assassinate the Mexican President to avenge the Tlatelolco massacre from October 2nd 1968, defying the most repressive regime in the contemporary Mexican history. Forty years later, this failed avenger survived the system´s disproportionate retaliation, only to wander Mexico City´s streets as a vagrant.

Keywords:

society