Cascabel

It is astonishing to use fiction as a Trojan horse to document the situation and voice of the people in the context of a government of repression and censorship, a portrayed situation that would provide the material conditions for the emergence of the revolutionary movement of the EZLN twenty years later in the nineties with the free trade agreement with the US, While the media and cinema manufacture consent in the society of spectacle with a simulation of reality, this film uses the same as a tool to do the opposite, to give voice and raise awareness, while making meta-commentary on doing so and the way it is done, without disregarding the fiction to also make implicit commentary there like how nature can generate what is necessary so that the one who could help those in vulnerable situations ends up being the one who needs help.

I don't know if it's the same movie I watched. It deals with Sergio Jimènez being a reporter and investigator. He interviews many Mexican citizens and asks for their opinion about the Reforma Agraria (agriculture reform).

Through the movie, Mexicans make sure they are against the new reform; specially the lower classes and university students.

We hear some mixed opinions from intellectuals, hard working people, and young people. The director tried to be as objective as possible but also threw some messages against Mexican government that, at the time, wasn't even close to reach a Neoliberal economic system.

This movie is more of a documental that deserves a watch only for historic purposes. I learned a lot from the economic, political, and agrary situation that happened in my country back in the late 80's.

Jimènez delivers a solid, strong performance. But beware, it's a "boring" movie for entertainment purposes.