Tequila

Tequila

Because of her selflessness and courage, this film is dedicated to the Mexican woman.

1992 · 85 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama

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.

Directed by Rubén Gámez · Written by Rubén Gámez

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