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Red Dawn is a mexicain film of genre Drama directed by Jorge Fons with Héctor Bonilla

Red Dawn (1989)

Red Dawn
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Length 1h36
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OriginMexique
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Historical
Rating79% 3.9911653.9911653.9911653.9911653.991165

Rojo Amanecer (Red Dawn) is a 1989 Silver Ariel Award-winning Mexican film, directed by Jorge Fons.

It is a film about the Tlatelolco Massacre in the section of Tlatelolco in Mexico City in the evening of October 2, 1968.

It focuses on the day of a middle-class Mexican family living in one of the apartment buildings surrounding the Plaza de Tlatelolco and is based on testimonials from witnesses and victims.

It stars Héctor Bonilla, María Rojo, the Bichir Brothers, Eduardo Palomo and others.

Synopsis

It is Wednesday, October 2, 1968, and a middle-class Mexican family is about to start the day. At breakfast, the older brothers, Jorge (Demián Bichir) and Sergio (Bruno Bichir) argue with their father Humberto (Héctor Bonilla). The boys are studying at the university and their father works at the Departamento del Distrito Federal (Mexico City's local Government). The argument begins when the father complains that the boys have long hair. The argument escalates and then they begin to argue that what the boys are doing is wrong, and that "no one should question the government". The boys say that the autonomy of the university was violated and that the government does things against the constitution. Their grandfather Roque (Jorge Fegan) (who fought the Mexican Revolution), says that "If they were on a real revolution, they would be executed". The younger siblings Carlos (Ademar Arau) and Graciela (Estela Robles), who study primary and secondary school, barely understand what the argument is all about, because of their young age. The boys then talk about the injustice of the government. Their prime example is the occupation of the U.N.A.M. and that some students hid in the bathroom, and their corpses were found the day before (October 1). The mother, Alicia (María Rojo) tries to calm down the situation and tells the boys to "come early and cut their hair". The boys jokingly state that Miguel Hidalgo had long hair (whether this is true or not is unknown, for no paintings of him alive survive), then leave.

Actors

Héctor Bonilla

(Humberto)Demián Bichir

(Jorge)Bruno Bichir

(Sergio)Eduardo Palomo

(Herido)
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