Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004)

A look at the life of Mexican Revolution Hero Emiliano Zapata.

Director:

Alfonso Arau

Writer:

Alfonso Arau

Stars:

Alejandro Fernández, Lucero, Patricia Velasquez

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alejandro Fernández	...	Emiliano Zapata
Lucero	...	Esperanza
Patricia Velasquez	...	Josefa
Jesús Ochoa	...	Huerta
Jaime Camil	...	Eufemio
Soledad Ruiz	...	Juana Lucia
Arturo Beristáin	...	González
Julio Bracho	...	Guajardo
Alberto Estrella	...	Martínez
José Luis Cruz
Ángeles Cruz
Evangelina Sosa	...	Azucena
Angélica Aragón	...	Mesera 1
Carmen Salinas	...	Mesera 2
Blanca Tenario	...	Mesera 3

Storyline

A look at the life of Mexican Revolution Hero Emiliano Zapata.

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Plot Keywords:

bare chested male bondage

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Fantasy | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [mx]

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish Nahuatl

Release Date:

30 April 2004 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Zapata

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Latin Arts LLC, Comala Films, Rita Rusic Co.

Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Quédate en mí"
Composed by Reyli
Performed by Lucero

User Reviews

Zapata's Nightmare... an offense to the natives of America

This Film betrays the very cause that is supposed to honor.

When I saw Alfonso Arau's "Zapata" I expected a film that may not only expose the American natives as a great, noble and highly organized and intellectual cultures, specially the Aztec Empire, but also to bring the well deserved pride to this humiliated, discriminated people in Latin America.

Instead what I saw is a disrespectful MOCK of the accounts of the history, in short:

-Zapata (Fernandez) denies every time he is a leader, a liberator, he is actually annoyed when he is asked for guide from his devoted followers, seems that he got stuck in that position for pure luck.

-Zapata (Fernandez) doesn't in any point of the movie prove that indeed he is a leader or that he deserves that title.

-Zapata's brother dies in this film in the vilest situation, a betrayal, having sex with the wife of a fellow Indian. Any honorable Aztec man knew that this sole act in the Aztec law will get death as punishment.

-Zapata in this movie claims that his struggle is to defend their traditions, self-respect, history, beliefs and way of life but several times in the film he leaves his Indian wife to go after the beautiful blonde European mistress, betraying the very own cause he is fighting for, is this the leader his people deserve?

-A witch, (sometimes naked) keeps appearing in his dreams, I believe she is some kind of guide in Zapata's life, how come she never told him that he was going to be lied by the enemy and killed in the lamest way?

I can easily keep writing about how bad this film is, but I will need about four hours for that, basically the time it took to write the screenplay of "Zapata, El Sueno del Heroe", (Sad, very Sad)

LPortillo