DramaThriller

Broken Flag

- the most original blackmail of the century!

When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.

Release Date : 1979-06-21

Language :Spanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Cooperativa Río Mixcoac

Production Country : Mexico

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ing. Eduardo Vallejo Arizpe

Original Name : Manolo Fábregas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Don Luis Iriarte

Original Name : Aarón Hernán

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ana Mendizabal

Original Name : Tina Romero

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alberto Huesca

Original Name : Jorge Humberto Robles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ernesto

Original Name : Ignacio Retes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Antonio Orihuela

Original Name : Jorge Santoyo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elisa de Iriarte

Original Name : Ana Luisa Peluffo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Enrique Olivares

Original Name : Abel Woolrich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Asistente de Iriarte

Original Name : Fernando Balzaretti

Gender : Male

Character Name : El 22

Original Name : Juan Ángel Martínez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Policía

Original Name : Mario Casillas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mateo García

Original Name : Carlos Chávez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alejandra Ortega

Original Name : Yogi Ruge

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elisa, hija

Original Name : Cristina Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Enrique Ontiveros

Gender : Male

Character Name : Verónica Rodríguez

Original Name : Elpidia Carrillo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bermúdez

Original Name : Ángel Aragón

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conchita

Original Name : Lucila Balzaretti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amiga de Verónica

Original Name : Paloma Woolrich

Gender : Female

Character Name : Socio de Arizpe

Original Name : Juan Felipe Preciado

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senador

Original Name : Amado Zumaya

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Julian Abitia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Periodista

Original Name : Mario Díaz Mercado

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esbirro de Arizpe

Original Name : Salvador Godínez

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Rigoberto Carmona

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gabriela Retes

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Juan Claudio Retes

Gender : Male

Reviews

ciudadsana

@ciudadsana

2021-06-23

Murder, ethics and exploitation During the quarantine I have seen a lot of foreign cinema, and very little Mexican, which I want to amend. Of the three great contemporaries, Cuarón, Del Toro and Iñarritú, I have seen everything or almost everything, so let's diversify. There are three Retes films that I really liked at the time, each one with its limitations: El Bulto , Bienvenido/ Welcome and A sweet scent of death . This one in particular shows two of his personal obsessions: cinema about cinema, with a group of independent filmmakers at the center of the story, and casting his relatives, this time both his father and mother. Here the central performance of two greats stands out: Manolo Fábregas and Aarón Hernán. A smile comes to my mouth when I see the beginnings of Tina Romero and Paloma Woolrich. And 40 years later, my Mexico with the same problems: one law for the rich and another for the rest; violence against women; saving face more important than justice; and incidentally, the budget problems to do anything in cinema. Hernán's physical resemblance to then-president, José López Portillo, does not go unnoticed. The production design marks a radical difference between the impoverished filmmakers and the powerful ones surrounded by porcelain, sculptures and baroque details, even in the smallest piece of furniture. The last act, definitely falls into classic seventies exploitation, with blood, violence and nudity, to generate empathy for the characters, but also so that the public goes home scandalized.