Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- 15
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
Why tonight?
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
- corruption
- political party
- politics
- mayor
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Juan Carlos Colombo — Ramírez
- Delia Casanova — Rosa
- Leticia Huijara — Gloria
- Alex Cox — Gringo
- Guillermo Gil — Cura
- Eduardo López Rojas — Doctor
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz — Gobernador
- Miguel Ángel Fuentes — Pancho
- Noemí García — Secretaria
- Luis de Icaza — Alcalde Alfredo García
- Manuel Ojeda — Cantinero
- Directed
- Luis Estrada
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 210 ratings
- Studio
- Bandidos Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Alta Vista Film Production, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
