Redes (1936)

Directed by

Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico, United States

Runtime

1h 05m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Poor fishermen in a Mexican coastal village organize against a corrupt middleman who underpays them for their catch. The film follows their struggle and the consequences that arise from their fight for fair treatment.

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What happens

Redes is a Mexican film, released in 1936, about the fishing community of Alvarado on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, near the city of Veracruz. The film's title comes from the Spanish word redes ("nets") in reference to fishing nets. The English-language edition's title is The Wave (apparently referring to imagery at the end of the film). Redes was made with a mainly non-professional cast and has been seen as anticipating Italian neorealism. It concerns the struggle of poor fishermen to overcome exploitation. The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann and Emilio Gómez Muriel who were both also among the co-writers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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