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Red Dawn

Original title: Rojo amanecer
  • 1990
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
2.2K
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Ademar Arau, Marta Aura, Demián Bichir, Bruno Bichir, Héctor Bonilla, Carlos Cardán, Jorge Fegán, Eduardo Palomo, and María Rojo in Red Dawn (1990)
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A Claustrophobic experience which involves a Mexican middle class family into the atrocities made by wild and heartless army forces whose main objective seems to be students who do not permi... Read allA Claustrophobic experience which involves a Mexican middle class family into the atrocities made by wild and heartless army forces whose main objective seems to be students who do not permit the 1968's Olimpic games' to develop normally.A Claustrophobic experience which involves a Mexican middle class family into the atrocities made by wild and heartless army forces whose main objective seems to be students who do not permit the 1968's Olimpic games' to develop normally.

  • Director
    • Jorge Fons
  • Writers
    • Guadalupe Ortega
    • Xavier Robles
  • Stars
    • Héctor Bonilla
    • María Rojo
    • Jorge Fegán
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jorge Fons
    • Writers
      • Guadalupe Ortega
      • Xavier Robles
    • Stars
      • Héctor Bonilla
      • María Rojo
      • Jorge Fegán
    • 11User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Héctor Bonilla
    Héctor Bonilla
    • Humberto
    María Rojo
    María Rojo
    • Alicia
    Jorge Fegán
    • Don Roque
    Ademar Arau
    • Carlos
    Demián Bichir
    Demián Bichir
    • Jorge
    • (as Demian Bichir)
    Bruno Bichir
    Bruno Bichir
    • Sergio
    Marta Aura
    Marta Aura
    • Neighbor woman
    Eduardo Palomo
    • Injured Boy
    Carlos Cardán
    • Second lieutenant
    Leonor Bonilla
    • Girl
    Paloma Robles
    • Graciela
    Simón Guevara
    • Boy 1
    Sergio Sánchez
    • Boy 2
    Roberto Sosa
    Roberto Sosa
    • Soldier
    Santiago Allende
    • Student 1
    María Teresa Mondragón
    • Woman crying at stairs
    Blas García
    • Agent 1
    Baltazar Oviedo
    • Agent 2
    • Director
      • Jorge Fons
    • Writers
      • Guadalupe Ortega
      • Xavier Robles
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    • Trivia
      This movie had to be done underground, because there was a risk to be jailed for touching this topic.
    • Goofs
      When the soldiers aimed Granpa and Gracielita to their flat, some soldiers in the stairs dressing like civil where hitting two teachers that where found hidden in the top of the building, meanwhile, the Grandpa and the rest of the family are watching at the door. During the fight there are some shots taking as the stairs as the door of the flat, shifts from day to night are notable in each take.
    • Alternate versions
      DVD version adds 15 minutes of footage to the theatrical version. very violent scenes for the time

    User reviews11

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    Honest and crude, yet wonderful

    This is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. It is, I can't deny, really crude even if it doesn't show images of the killing itself, but it clearly reflects what Mexico and its students went through that year. It is not a political correct movie, and the fact that talents such as Demián Bichir and Héctor Bonilla are in it has to show the magnitude of its quality. It's a pity that still today it's so hard to find and it's not shown on open TV, and it's a pity that still now a days there's so much info that we don't know about the subject, and it's a pity that still now a days some people think that those students and all those people gathered at the Plaza de las Tres Culturas actually deserved what they got. They were students, barely starting to live, for God's sake! Heard Cuarón is doing a new version of the 68 massacre, we gotta see how that goes, but I trust that he'll do justice to it, he is a great director and he was, after all, a kid at the moment all of this happened. He lived through this. I hope that movie does come out. "2 de octubre no se olvida"
    • pixie_millenium
    • Jun 4, 2004
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    • Release date
      • October 18, 1990 (Mexico)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Rojo amanecer
    • Filming locations
      • Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production company
      • Cinematográfica Sol S.A.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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