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El General

2010 · 83 min

A hushed, haunted collage of inherited voices and images, drifting between past and present like a memory you can't quite hold.

Overview
The glimpse into the life of Mexican President Plutarco Elias Calles. Past and present collide as filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited about her great-grandfather, General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. Time is blurred in this visually arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.

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    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • power
    • family
    • politics
    • death
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • nonlinear
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Natalia Almada
    Written by
    Natalia Almada
    Runtime
    83 min
    Country
    Argentina, Mexico, United States of America
    Languages
    Spanish

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