''La cebra'' () is a 2011 Mexican

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film written and directed by Fernando Javier León Rodríguez in his directorial debut. Starring Harold Torres and Jorge Adrián Espíndola. It is set at the time of the

Mexican revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...

and tells the story of Leandro and Odón, two friends who find a zebra that they mistake for an "American horse" and have the idea that by handing it over they will be appointed colonels or generals.

Synopsis

Leandro and Odon are two young patriots who want to join the revolutionary forces of Álvaro Obregón. So they decide to travel to the north of Mexico where they find a donkey that they confuse with a "gringo horse", they also decide to call it "Fucker".

Cast

The actors participating in this film are: * Jorge Adrián Espíndola as Leandro Pérez * Harold Torres as Odón Gómez * Leticia Huijara as Juana *

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as Valentina * Alejandra Ley as Adelfa * Jesús Ochoa as Álvaro Obregón * Raquel Pankowsky as Lady Martina * Graciela Orozco as "The Lady" * Alejandro Caso as Official Zedillo * Hermán López as Officer Portillo * Tomás Rojas as Officer Echevarria *

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as General Quesada *

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as Colonel *

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as "The one-eyed" * Raúl Adalid as Official Hurtado * Emilio Savinni as Circusman Chuck * Meraqui Rodríguez as Circus Mary * Héctor Holten as Officer Salinas

Production

Principal photography for the film began in November 2010 in Pachuca, Hidalgo. It was also filmed in Baja California,

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and

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, Mexico.

Release

''La cebra'' had its international premiere on March 25, 2011, at the Guadalajara International Film Festival. It was commercially released on January 18, 2013, in Mexican theaters.

Accolades

References

External links

* 2011 films 2011 comedy-drama films Mexican comedy-drama films 2010s Spanish-language films 2010s Mexican films Films set in Mexico Films shot in Mexico Films about revolutions Films set in the 1910s 2011 directorial debut films {{Comedy-drama-film-stub