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We Don't Ask You for a Trip to the Moon

1986 · 58 min

A sober, patient documentary that listens to working women recount loss and stubborn resistance, leaving quiet anger and solidarity rather than spectacle.

Directed by
María del Carmen de Lara
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Alicia Cerezo, Alicia Cervantes, Guadalupe Conde
Overview
It focuses on the struggle of seamstresses whose workplaces in Mexico City were affected by the devastating 1985 earthquake and exposes their employers' refusal to pay fair compensation.

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Directed by
María del Carmen de Lara
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Alicia Cerezo, Alicia Cervantes, Guadalupe Conde
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • class
    • justice
    • survival
    • gender
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    María del Carmen de Lara
    Written by
    Maria Eugenia Tamés, María del Carmen de Lara
    Starring
    Alicia Cerezo, Alicia Cervantes, Guadalupe Conde, Evangelina Corona, Rafaela Domínguez, Ofelia Frank
    Music
    Eblen Macari
    Runtime
    58 min
    Country
    Mexico
    Languages
    Spanish

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