Directed by:
Ernesto MedinaScreenplay:
Ofelia MedinaComposer:
Leonardo VelázquezCast:
Monica Miguel, César Évora, Ignacio Guadalupe, Margo Su, Alicia del Lago, Madaleine Vivo, Ofelia Medina, Guillermo Gil, Alejandro de la Peña, Abel Woolrich, Juan Carlos Colombo (more)Plots(1)
Gertrudis Bocanegra is a young Michoacán creole who lived during the period of the Mexican War of Independence. Daughter of a prosperous Spanish businessman, Gertrudis has contact with the top bourgoise and the military, but also thanks to her Purépecha nanny, she learns the language and becomes conscious of the injustices against the indigenous people. Through a friend she meets the priest Miguel Hidalgo and this encounter defines her destiny. She joins the independence struggle. (Morelia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Monica Miguel
Mexico
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César Évora
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Ignacio Guadalupe
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Margo Su
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Alicia del Lago
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Ofelia Medina
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Guillermo Gil
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Alejandro de la Peña
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Abel Woolrich
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Juan Carlos Colombo
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Sergio Acosta
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Ernesto Yáñez
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María Luisa Coronel
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Ariane Pellicer
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Héctor Tavares
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Gerardo Soublette
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Arminius Arzate
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