Tequila

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Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this impressionistic portrait of modern-day Mexico. Reminiscent in some ways of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, Tequila appears to be a cinematic extension of Mexico’s muralist tradition, a contemporary equivalent of Diego Rivera or David Alfaro Siqueiros with vignettes, quick ideas, visual puns, cartoons, and political statements.

Country:

Mexico

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

85 minutes

Year:

1992

Director:

Rubén Gámez

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Company:

Clasa Films Mundiales

Cast:
María Rojo

Bailarina

Hugo Stiglitz

Danzarín Desnudo

Yirah Aparicio

Danzante Desnuda

Patricia Aguirre

La Bailada

Susana Contreras

Madre Celosa

Crew:
Rubén Gámez

Director

Manuel Barbachano Ponce

Producer

Rafael Castanedo

Editor

Rubén Gámez

Director of Photography

Rubén Gámez

Writer