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4 March 1976 (Mexico) morePlot:
A group of students take a bus to go to a small town, in order to finish a professional practice. All of them are friends... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
Most impacting movie in modern Mexico's cinematography moreCast
(Credited cast)| Arturo Alegro | ... | Ramón | |
| Julio Alejandro | |||
| Sergio Calderón | ... | Presidente municipal | |
| Carlos Chávez | ... | Miguel | |
| Rodrigo Cruz | ... | Tendero | |
| Gerardo del Castillo | ... | Manuel | |
| Alicia del Lago | ... | Esposa de Lucas | |
| Malena Doria | ... | Ama de llaves del cura | |
| Jorge Fegán | ... | Comandante | |
| Salvador Garcini | |||
| Jaime Garza | ... | Roberto | |
| Guillermo Gil | ... | Policia del ejercito | |
| Ernesto Gómez Cruz | ... | Lucas | |
| Enrique Lucero | ... | Priest | |
| Juan Ángel Martínez | ... | Comisario | |
| Gastón Melo | ... | Sacristan | |
| Maricruz Nájera | |||
| Manuel Ojeda | ... | Hombre del pueblo | |
| Baltazar Oviedo | |||
| Rodrigo Puebla | ... | Pedro | |
| María de los Ángeles Rodríguez | |||
| Adriana Rojo | |||
| Salvador Sánchez | ... | Witness | |
| Roberto Sosa | ... | Julián | |
| Flor Trujillo | |||
| Miguel Ángel Turrent | |||
| Gerardo Vigil | ... | Jesús Carrillo Sánchez |
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Based on a true story, this movie shows the great differences within Mexico rural and urban areas. Modernity could not be accepted in the rural areas, basically because the ignorant peasants were dominated by certain groups, including, like in this movie, the Catholic Church. Let's remember that the students massacres that had happened in 1968 and 1972 were still fresh in the minds of many Mexicans. Those students had been accused by the Government,of being Comunists. In this particular movie 5 young students of the Capital's State University decide to climb a volcano. Because of bad weather they have to stay overnight in a little village besides the Volcano. The local Priest assumes that they are Communists coming to agitate in his territory and accuses them with the people of trying to close the Church. The mob tries to lynch them. The beauty of this film resides in the fact that fanaticism is shown at its maximum level so as to make us think where this can lead us in our lives. This is true of the corrupt authorities, the Priest that uses Religion to maintain his privileges, the village people that mix Religion and fanaticism, etc. It is a great sociological study of the consequences of these extreme attitudes.