Les révoltés d'Alvarado

Original title: Redes

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A story of burgeoning labor rights amongst poor fishermen in a small village in Mexico.A story of burgeoning labor rights amongst poor fishermen in a small village in Mexico.A story of burgeoning labor rights amongst poor fishermen in a small village in Mexico.

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This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #686.

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Miro: Compañeros! How long do we have to put up with this slavery and poverty? Who of you in any given year earns more than 40 centavos a day? Who can feed their families with so little? Who has money for medicine? We all know it's unfair, but we know it doesn't have to be this way. A few exploitesr take everything to satisfy their greed. They did not make the sea, the river, or the fish, and they didn't make the canoes, boats or nets either. Nor did they make us. They didn't give our arms the strength with which to work or anything else. Why can't we exchange fish with those who breed cattle, with those who harvest corn, or with those who make fabric? Who prevents this change? Those with money have taken over the boats, nets, ice plants, and transport. They control everything, and they pay us whatever they like.

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Referenced in The Movie Show: Episode dated 21 September 1997 (1997)

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Mexico anticipates the neo-realism wave attributed to Italy with this film

Mexico anticipated neo-realism that is often attributed to Italy, with this work. Touches of Flaherty's "Man of Aran" are evident. Redes means "wave," the silent dark symbol/metaphor at the end of the film, while the sea had been so quiet and calm throughout the film. The music and camerawork are notable. The editing seems to be influenced by Eisenstein's work. A fascinating official debut from Zinnemann, though his unaccredited debut is a 1930 film called "Men on a Sunday"officially attributed to Robert Siodmak as the primary director. Perhaps the film reveals the real Zinnemann that one we glimpsed in "High Noon",often seen as Carl Foreman's real vision.