At a Lame Pace

At a Lame Pace

... and one day they discovered that, lacking a leg, an arm, an eye, they had plenty of desire to fight, to enjoy, to steal, to rape ... to live!

1980 · 122 min · ★ 4.5 · Comedy, Drama

Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.

Directed by Luis Alcoriza

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