1979 · documentary · drama
Que Viva Mexico!
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein1h 25m1979
Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.
Our read: Que Viva Mexico! (1979) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive documentary · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured documentary / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- signature
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