''The Mighty Victoria'' (

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: ''El Poderoso Victoria'') is a 2021 Mexican

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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 Raúl Ramón in his directorial debut. Starring

Damián Alcázar Damián Alcázar (born January 8, 1953) is a Mexican actor and politician, who is best known outside of Mexico as Lord Sopespian in '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian''. He was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City. Caree ...

, Gerardo Oñate,

Joaquín Cosío Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexican actor and poet. He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), General Medrano in ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in '' Narcos ...

, Roberto Sosa,

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, Lorena de la Torre and

Luis Felipe Tovar Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 2, 1959, in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor. He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba. He has been awa ...

Synopsis

In the middle of the Mexican desert in 1936, is the town La Esperanza where they are informed of the closure of the mine, their main source of income, and with it the suspension of the railway route, their only means of communication with the rest of civilization. The young mechanic Durán must choose between giving up his roots by crossing the northern border, or helping a group of residents build their own

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Cast

The actors participating in this film are: * Gerardo Oñate as Durán *

as Don Federico * Roberto Sosa as The Wixárrika Indian *

as Don Edgar * Eduardo España as Telegraphist *

as The one-eyed * Said Sandoval as "El Cheque" * Rogeiro Martín del Campo as "El Sinaloa" * Alberto Trujillo as "The Donkey" *

as Jacinto the Machinist * Lorena de la Torre as Victoria *

Adal Ramones Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez (born 3 December 1961) is a Mexican television presenter and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life. Ramones was the host of a popular Mexican television show, ''Otro ...

as Raúl Martínez * Daniel Martínez as Lic. Daniel Martínez * Alonso Echánove as Tata Julio * Ana Monterrubio as Fabiola * Paulino Partida as Epigmenio * Iñaki Ramón as Antonio * Belén Rodríguez as Dona Carmelita * José Sefami as Don Julián * Andy Chavez de Moore as María Luisa * Cornelio García as Male Octogenarian * Martha Morales as Female Octogenarian * Sonia Sánchez as Nun 1 * Karen Flores as Nun 2 * Helena Corona as Brunette woman * Javier Lacroix as Priest * Nena Aceves as "La Güera"

Production

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began on May 9, 2019, at Mapimí and

Ojuela Bridge The Ojuela Bridge or the Mapimi Bridge (Puente de Ojuela, Spanish name) is a suspension bridge located in Mapimí, in the Mexican state of Durango, at the site of the Ojuela Goldmine. The Ojuela Bridge was designed by Wilhelm Hildenbrand McCullo ...

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

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. It was also filmed in

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

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Release

It initially premiered in Mexico on November 4, 2021, at the

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. It was commercially released on November 24, 2022, in Mexican theaters.

Reception

Critical reception

Irving Torres Yllán from ''Cine NT'' called the film a candid effort to tell a story suitable for the whole family, as well as possessing good special effects. However, it also highlights the rhythm that fails at times, the unbelievable situations and the lack of emotion in its soundtrack. Loretta Chnattiri from ''Código Spaghetti'' highlights the fidelity of the tape in recreating the atmosphere of the thirties, in addition to calling the film more of a visual spectacle because the script and the direction of the actors are described as poor.

Accolades

References

External links

* 2021 films 2021 adventure films 2021 comedy-drama films Mexican adventure comedy-drama films 2020s Spanish-language films 2020s Mexican films Films set in Mexico Films shot in Mexico Films set in deserts Films set in 1936 2021 directorial debut films {{2020s-comedy-drama-film-stub