When Mexico Recovered Its Oil (2025)
- Original title
- 1938: Cuando el petróleo fue nuestro
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- B
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 4 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
The film tells the story of Mexican President Lazaro Cardenas as he decides whether to nationalize the country's oil industry. Powerful foreign companies work to stop him. It is about a nation standing up for its resources.
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What happens
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil (Spanish: 1938: Cuando el petróleo fue nuestro, lit. '1938: When the oil was ours') is a 2025 Mexican historical drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Sergio Olhovich. It stars Ianis Guerrero as President Lázaro Cárdenas, who faces the decision to expropriate the oil industry while powerful foreign companies try to prevent it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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