2020 · drama · history · political
Dance of the Forty One
Directed by David Pablos1h 39m2020
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
Our read: Dance of the Forty One (2020) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · history · political entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- bleak
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