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El compadre Mendoza

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  • "This rare example of classic Mexican cinema examines the corrupted ideals of the Revolution in the story of an opportunistic landowner who faces the choice of remaining loyal to a general in Zapata's army and being financially ruined or saving his own skin. The character of the general is clearly modeled on Zapata himself."
  • "Mendoza, a landowner, tries to maintain friendships with both the leader of the government forces and the general of the Zapatista rebels."
  • "Don Rosalio Mendoza is the patrón of a Hacienda near Mexico City during the time of Zapata. He is an opportunist who plays both sides, depending on who comes to visit his hacienda. His brothers are Mexico City financiers who play the same game, financing both sides. All seems to be going well; Don Rosalio offers to marry the daughter of one of his brothers' debtors in exchange for forgiving the debt, but both sides begin to doubt his loyalties."
  • "Mendoza, un terrateniente, trata de mantener la amistad con el líder de las fuerzas gubernamentales y el general de los rebeldes zapatistas durante la Revolución Mexicana. Esta película es parte de una trilogía junto con El prisionero trece (1933) y Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1935)."
  • "Mendoza, a landowner, tries to maintain friendships with both the leader of the government forces and the general of the Zapatista rebels during the Mexican Revolution."
  • ""A pointed commentary on the self-interested ambivalence of the middle class during the revolutionary years, this film received little recognition until its rediscovery by French critic Georges Sadoul in the 1960s. Landowner Mendoza's sole concern is his own financial security. He survives the Mexican revolution by feigning support for both government and revolutionary forces, alternately hanging portraits of Huerta and Zapata according to the color worn by approaching troops. During Mendoza's wedding, the Zapatistas and Huertistas finally confront each other. Mendoza's execution is imminent, but a revolutionary general intervenes. Even a life-saving reprieve does not inspire Mendoza's loyalty and he betrays his revolutionary intercessor, making a pact with the government in order to save himself from financial ruin"--Mexican Cinema Project, 1994."
  • "Mendoza, a landowner, tries to maintain friendships with both the leader of the government forces and the general of the Zapatista rebels during the Mexican Revolution. This film is part of a trilogy along with El prisionero trese (1933) and Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1935)."

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  • "Films ethnographiques"
  • "Spanish language films"
  • "Motion pictures"
  • "Feature films"
  • "History"
  • "Mexican films"
  • "Drama"
  • "fiction dramatique (fiction)"
  • "Features"
  • "War films"
  • "Historical films"
  • "Foreign films"
  • "Fiction films"

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  • "El compadre Mendoza"@es
  • "El compadre Mendoza"
  • "El compadre Mendoza = My buddy Mendoza"
  • "Godfather Mendoza"
  • "El Compadre Mendoza"

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