Dance of the 41 (2020)

Original title

El baile de los 41

Directed by

David Pablos

Genre

biographical film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 223 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1901 Mexico City, a married man who is secretly gay attends a clandestine party for men in drag. His social standing and his identity become endangered when the event is exposed by authorities.

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What happens

Dance of the 41 (Spanish: El baile de los 41) is a 2020 Mexican drama film directed by David Pablos, written by Monika Revilla and produced by Pablo Cruz and El Estudio. It portrays the events leading up to and around a 1901 party of gay men, half of whom were dressed in drag, known as the Dance of the Forty-One (El baile de los cuarenta y uno). It stars Alfonso Herrera as Ignacio de la Torre y Mier, the gay son-in-law of then-president of Mexico Porfirio Díaz, Mabel Cadena as Amada Díaz, his illegitimate daughter, and Emiliano Zurita (son of Christian Bach) as Ignacio's fictional lover, Evaristo Rivas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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