Qué viva México

Duration: 85

Year Published: 1932

Creator: Ifex Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Eisenstein's document of the history of Mexico was reconstructed from film fragments by the director's editor, Grigory Alexandrov. Presented in four separate novellas, the film opens with a prologue of Yucatan's architectural monuments. Sandunga is an exposition of Tehuantepec jungles and the tranquil lifestyle of the inhabitants. Manguei is a dramatic, vibrant story of a poor peon's love for his bride. Fiesta is devoted to bullfighting and romantic love. Soldadera was to be a portrayal of the 1910 revolution in Mexico and as it was not filmed by Eisenstein, Alexandrov has chosen to depict the story through frescoes by Sigueiros, Rivera and Orosco. The epilogue was to show the traditional carnival Calavera, the Day of the Dead. (Does not circulate)

Complete Record: Eisenstein's document of the history of Mexico was reconstructed from film fragments by the director's editor, Grigory Alexandrov. Presented in four separate novellas, the film opens with a prologue of Yucatan's architectural monuments. Sandunga is an exposition of Tehuantepec jungles and the tranquil lifestyle of the inhabitants. Manguei is a dramatic, vibrant story of a poor peon's love for his bride. Fiesta is devoted to bullfighting and romantic love. Soldadera was to be a portrayal of the 1910 revolution in Mexico and as it was not filmed by Eisenstein, Alexandrov has chosen to depict the story through frescoes by Sigueiros, Rivera and Orosco. The epilogue was to show the traditional carnival Calavera, the Day of the Dead. (Does not circulate)