Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
- small town
- suspicion
- based on true story
- murder
- priest
- anger
- lynching
- mountain climbing
- college student
The bill
- Roberto Sosa Sr. — Julián
- Carlos Chávez — Miguel
- Gerardo Vigil — Jesús Carrillo Sánchez
- Jaime Garza — Roberto
- Sergio Calderón — Presidente Municipal
- Gerardo del Castillo — Manuel
- Alicia del Lago — Esposa de Lucas
- Malena Doria — Ama de llaves del cura
- Jorge Fegán — Comandante
- Guillermo Gil — Policia del ejercito
- Juan Ángel Martínez — Comisario
- Directed
- Felipe Cazals
- Written
- Tomás Pérez Turrent
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 88 ratings
- Studio
- Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (, Conacite Uno
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