Sergey EISENSTEIN Сергей ЭЙЗЕНШТЕЙН Sergueï EISENSTEIN   USSR, 1931   Black and white, silent, documentary

Que Viva Mexico! ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Да здравствует Мексика    Que viva Mexico !  Da zdrasvuet meksika

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Plot synopsis

A film document of the history of Mexico, presented in four novellas: Sandunga, an exposition of Tehuantepec jungles and the peaceful lifestyles of their inhabitants; Manguei, a love story about a poor peon and his bride; Fiesta, devoted to bullfighting and romantic love; and Soldadera, a portrayal of the 1910 revolution in Mexico as depicted in the frescoes of Siqueiros, Rivera, and Orosco. Previously issued in less complete version under title: Thunder over Mexico. Reconstructed by Grigori Aleksandrov in 1979 from materials directed by Sergei Einstein in 1931.
Source : www.lib.berkeley.edu/

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

In Excess: Sergei Eisenstein's Mexico, Masha SALAZKINA, University of Chicago Press,, 2009

Knowing Icons and Transforming Experience: Sergei Eisenstein’s ¡Que Viva México! (1932), Gabrielle MURRAY, sensesofcinema.com/, 2009

Que Viva Mexico! Ethno-Exploitation and Thunder Over Mexico by Chris Meir, Chris MEIR, synoptique.ca, 2005

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012

- Rétrospective Eisenstein à la Cinémathèque française, Paris (France), 2010

- Month of the documentary in France, Different cities (France), 2010

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