Mexican Cinema. Shared Visions

Rojo amanecer
Rojo amanecer (Red Dawn)
Jorge Fons
Mexico, 1989
DVD | 96min. | Colour | VOSI

Screenplay:
Xavier Robles, Guadalupe Ortega Vargas
Photography:
Miguel Garzón
Editor:
Sigfrido García Jr.
Music:
Karen Roel, Eduardo Roel
Actors:
María Rojo, Demian Bichir, Héctor Bonilla, Eduardo Palomo
 
Sinopsis

A flat in the Chihuahua building in the Tlatelolco housing project in Mexico City. The 1968 student movement is at its peak. On the morning of 2 October, a middle-class family – civil-servant father, housewife mother, retired soldier grandfather, two older sons at secondary school and two younger sons at primary school – get ready for a normal day.

 
Festivals

Premio Especial del Jurado - Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián 1990
Premio Ariel 1991