File of Attempted Murder

File of Attempted Murder

In this country the truth is never known

2010 · 120 min · ★ 6.3 · War, History, Drama

Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.

Directed by Jorge Fons · Written by Fernando Javier León Rodríguez

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