The Convict Patient
“Behind every social movement, there is a man willing to die.”
Overview
On February th 1970, Carlos Castañeda de la Fuente tried to assassinate the Mexican President to avenge the Tlatelolco massacre from October 2nd 1968, defying the most repressive regime in the contemporary Mexican history. Forty years later, this failed avenger survived the system´s disproportionate retaliation, only to wander Mexico City´s streets as a vagrant.
Production Companies
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, UNAM, Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC)
Languages
Spanish
Cast
Carlos Francisco Castañeda de la Fuente
Himself
Fulgencio Blanco
Himself
Pedro Castañeda de la Fuente
Himself
Estela Irineo
Trabajadora Social
Gina Batista
Periodista Programa Realidades
Miguel Nazar Haro
Director of Federal Bureau
Norma Ibañez
Abogada
Horacio Trujillo Hernández
Ward's 5 Director
Juan Manuel Gallardo
Enfermero Psiquiátrico
Juan José Hernández Trejo
Israel Rincón
Claudia Martinez
Casimiro Mérida Islas
Alberto Morales García
