By Raul H. Perez Navarrete
In recent days I had the opportunity to see a couple of excellent Mexican films. The first is Hell, writer / director Luis Estrada ( Herod's Law), and the other Hidalgo. The Untold Story of Antonio Serrano ( Sex, shame and tears ).
The two films have different tones and different forms approaching the Bicentennial, while Estrada's work suggests that there is nothing to celebrate, Serrano approach to life-of-little-known Founding Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.
In Hell, Damian Alcazar is Benny, a man who returns to Mexico after 20 years of working in the United States to quickly find their home invaded by violence, corruption and drug trafficking. Hell is a heartbreaking film, a dark and unspeakable cruelty, is, in other words, the reality of this country portrayed on the big screen.
Hidalgo. The Untold Story is a work kinder although not necessarily of lesser quality. Demian Bichir plays Miguel Hidalgo in a story that shows the national hero in a more human side, distant from the character that appears in textbooks and TV series.
Although I am of what they believe there is nothing to celebrate, we should be thankful that these festivities were the excuse for the release of this pair of films.
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