Zapata: El sueño de un héroe (2004)
- Directed by
- Alfonso Arau
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, war film, biographical film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- 2004
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a fictionalized biopic about Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. It follows his fight for land and freedom for Indigenous people.
heroicepichistoricalmelodramaticpatrioticlarger-than-lifeemotionalambitious
What happens
Zapata: el sueño del héroe (in English: Zapata: The dream of a hero), also titled simply Zapata, is a 2004 Mexican film. This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata, played by Alejandro Fernández, as an Indigenous Mexican, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican movie ever produced, with a massive ad campaign, and the largest ever opening in the nation's history. Unusual in the Mexican film industry, Zapata was financed independently. Zapata made its U.S. debut at the Santa Fe Film Festival on December 3, 2004 at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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