Hambre (1938)

movie

Country: N/A
Genres: Drama
Release: 1938-10-26
Director: Fernando A. Palacios
Writers: Gilberto Martínez Solares , Fernando A. Palacios
Language: Spanish
Stars: Rafael Falcón , Adela Fierro , Susana Cora , Alicia Ortiz , Miguel Ángel Ferriz , Matilde Palou , Paco Martínez , Armando Velasco , Roberto Banquells , Pedro Vargas
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Hambre , Hambre (Mexico)
Plot: November 17, 1938: Mexican EXHIBS "PERSUADED" to SHOW RADICAL PIX Mexico City - The Executive Committee of the Confederacion de Trabajadores de Mexico (Confederation of Mexican Workers) and the Departmento Autotonomo de Publicidad y Propaganda (Autonomous Deperatment of Publicity and Propaganda), "persuaded" the owners and managers of all first-run theaters in Mexico City to book Producciones ACME;s initial effort, "Hambre" (Hunger), day-and-date. The Alemeda, Iris, Rex, Placio, Regis and the American-owned Olimpia, all played the picture simultaneously for only one day.Privately produced, "Hambre" obtained the moral backing of Mexican Labor organizations as well as the unofficial support of the Mexican authorities because of its strongly radical thesis. It was because of this thesis that all picture-theater owners originally balked at showing it.
IMDB:tt0230270