

Tequila
1992-08-21 · 85 min · ★ 5.2
Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this impressionistic portrait of modern-day Mexico. Reminiscent in some ways of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, Tequila appears to be a cinematic extension of Mexico’s muralist tradition, a contemporary equivalent of Diego Rivera or David Alfaro Siqueiros with vignettes, quick ideas, visual puns, cartoons, and political statements.
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- Directors
- Rubén Gámez
- Production companies
- Clasa Films Mundiales
- Countries
- Mexico
- Status
- Released
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María RojoBailarina
Hugo StiglitzDanzarín Desnudo
Yirah AparicioDanzante Desnuda
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