¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (1979)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Writers:

Grigori Aleksandrov (additional material)
Sergei M. Eisenstein (original screenplay)

Release Date:

November 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state. |

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Social Differences | Dowry | Uprising | Religion

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sergei Bondarchuk	...	Narrator (voice)
Grigori Aleksandrov	...	Himself

Also Known As:

¡Que viva Mexico! (USA)
Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (Soviet Union: Russian title)
Que Viva Mexico (USA)

Runtime:

90 min | France:84 min (dvd release)

Country:

Soviet Union | USA | Mexico

Language:

Russian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:Unrated | Argentina:13 (re-rating) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Portugal:M/6 | Finland:K-12

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, México D.F., Mexico

Company:

Mosfilm

Goofs:

Continuity: The rifles Sebastian and his friends take from the gallery are of lever-action design, in the following gun-fight in the cactus fields they unmistakably use single-shot bolt-action rifles.

Movie Connections:

Edited from ¡Que viva Mexico! (1932)

Magic,Surrealist,and Beautiful

This is the greatest documentary fiction I've ever seen, despite this movie was incomplete the beauty of the images is great, with a great culture you can make magic with the camera. The Mexican people have a wonderful big culture and personally I didn't know a little things about my own country.

About the part of fiction is great that this reality is happening know and the sense of revolution is present, i think that only a Russian could understand the sense of the work people.

The drama and the courage of the indians in the defense of the honor and the repression is a symbol of the revolution that needs the country.