''Emiliano Zapata'' is a 1970 Mexican

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directed by

Felipe Cazals Felipe Cazals (28 July 1937 – 16 October 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer. His wife was Rosa Eugenia Báez de Cazals. Together with Arturo Ripstein, Cazals was considered in Mexico one of the most representative ...

and written, produced, and starring Antonio Aguilar as

Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...

. One of the first large-scale, expensive, and unconventional

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ever to be made in

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, the film was shot in 70 millimeters and gave Aguilar the opportunity to portray his favorite revolutionary character. The film features astounding sets, and also many extras. Aguilar avoided to sing in the film, in order to give the film more realism, although he was displeased at the finished project.

Cast

* Antonio Aguilar as

* Jaime Fernández as Montaño * Mario Almada as

Eufemio Zapata Eufemio Zapata Salazar (1873, Ciudad Ayala - June 18, 1917, Cuautla, Morelos) was a participant in the Mexican Revolution and the brother of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. He was known as a womanizer, a macho man, and a very heavy drinker. ...

* Patricia Aspíllaga as Josefa Espejo *

David Reynoso David Reynoso (29 January 1926 – 9 June 1994) was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than 170 films and television shows between 1955 and 1994. He was also a Deputy of The Seventh Federal Electoral District of the Federal District and die ...

Pancho Villa Francisco "Pancho" Villa (, Orozco rebelled in March 1912, both for Madero's continuing failure to enact land reform and because he felt insufficiently rewarded for his role in bringing the new president to power. At the request of Madero's c ...

*Jorge Arvizu as Francisco Madero

Awards

''Emiliano Zapata'' won Premio ACE Cinema awards for Film of the Year, Best Actor ( Antonio Aguilar), and Best Director (

References

External links

* 1970 films Biographical films about rebels Films directed by Felipe Cazals Mexican Revolution films 1970s Spanish-language films Films about Emiliano Zapata Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1970s biographical films Mexican biographical films 1970s Mexican films {{1970s-Mexico-film-stub