Red Dawn

(1990)

★ 8.2 IMDb · 156 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, History

Year: 1990

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: Mexico

Director: Jorge Fons

Cast: María Rojo, Héctor Bonilla, Jorge Fegán, Бруно Бичир, Демиан Бичир, Paloma Robles, Ademar Arau, Marta Aura, Eduardo Palomo, Carlos Cardán

Plot

On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.

Mexico City, October 2, 1968. Ten days before the Olympic Games a small student revolt turns into major political turmoil. A demonstration in Tlatelolco, the largest housing complex in the city, becomes an extremely tense situation. A typical middle-class Mexican family is tragically involved in the events, when the protest is brutally put down by the army and hundreds of people are killed in the square in front of their apartment building.