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A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations
Fernanda Urdapilleta
- Sandra Gorostieta
- (as María Fernanda Urdapilleta)
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- Writer
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- TriviaPartially financed by the Knights of Columbus, whose members in both the United States and Mexico were an integral part of the actual Cristeros Rebellion.
- GoofsJose gives up his white horse to another christero during a battle and hides in the rocks. When the other christero comes back to look for Jose, he is on a brown horse.
- Quotes
Father Christopher: Who are you if you don't stand up for what you believe? There is no greater glory than to give your life for Christ.
- Crazy creditsNear the end of the credits, "Batman" is credited as a painter.
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"We are now an army, we are an army fighting for Gad and for the church and for absolute freedom." A true story about the Cristeros War (1926-1929) which was a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government led by president Plutarco Elias Calles. Enrique Gorostieta Velarde (Garcia) leads a revolt of Mexican Christians against the government in hopes he can restore Mexico to the faith filled nation it once was. I will start by saying that this is a very good movie and entertaining to watch. I know nothing about the history or how accurate this is but I enjoyed it. The only problem that I had with the movie is that I really felt no connection to any of the characters and when one would get killed or have a serious problem I wasn't invested enough for it to have the impact that it was trying for. That said it doesn't really take away from the enjoyment of the movie but I didn't really feel the emotion that I think the filmmakers were trying for. Garcia is a great choice for this but he seems to play the character he played in "Godfather 3" or the Ocean's movies but a Mexican soldier version and he came off a little too cocky, but like I said I don't know the history and the real guy may have been that way too. It may seem like I'm rambling but the movie was over 2 hours long and it felt it and some parts I found it hard to stay focused on but overall this is a good watch and in my opinion one of the best releases this week. Overall, a good western/war movie that is pretty heavy on the religious issues. I give it a B+.
- cosmo_tiger
- Sep 10, 2012
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,672,846
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,885,608
- Jun 3, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $10,173,682
- Runtime2 hours 25 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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