Bajo la metralla

Under the Shrapnel

Director

Felipe Cazals

Synopsis

In a border town, a guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a senior government official, but is repelled in a shootout. In their escape they meet by chance a former comrade, now a militant of a legal leftist party; the leader of the commando holds him in a safe house, unleashing a series of discussions that reveal the sectarianism of the group.

Cast

Humberto Zurita, María Rojo, José Carlos Ruiz, Manuel Ojeda, Salvador Sánchez, Alejandro Camacho

Crew

Writer: Xavier Robles; Composer: Leonardo Velázquez; Cinematographer: Daniel López; Editor: Rafael Ceballos

Festivals

Director's Filmography

- Ciudadano Buelna, 2013

- Chicogrande, 2010

- Las vueltas del citrillo, 2005

- Digna: Hasta el último aliento, 2004

- His Most Serene Highness, 2001

- Kino, 1993

- Desvestidas y alborotadas, 1991

- Burbujas de amor, 1991

- La furia de un dios, 1988

- El tres de copas, 1986

- Las inocentes, 1986

- Testimonios de la revolución, 1986

- Los motivos de Luz, 1985

- Damian, 1985

- Dulce espiritu, 1985

- La dama solitaria, 1985

- La habitación que silva, 1985

- Pesadilla, 1985

- Centenario, short, 1984

- Bajo la metralla, 1983

- Las siete cucas, 1981

- Rigo es amor, 1980

- The Year of the Plague, 1979

- La güera Rodríguez, 1978

- Las poquianchis, 1976

- The Heist, 1976

- Canoa: A Shameful Memory, 1976

- Investigación cientifica, short, 1975

- Testimonios y documentos; Paro agrario, short, 1975

- Los que viven donde el viento sopla suave, 1974

- Aquellos años, 1973

- El jardín de la tía Isabel, 1972

- Zapata, 1970

- Familiarities, 1969

- The Apple of Discord, 1968

- Alfonso Reyes, short, 1965

- La otra guerra, short, 1965

- Leonora Carrington o el sortilegio ironico, short, 1965

- Mariana Alcoforado, short, 1965

- Que se callen..., short, 1965