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The convict Patient

Original title: El paciente interno
Year: 2012
Running time: 83 min.
Country: Mexico
Director: Alejandro Solar
Screenwriter: Alejandro Solar
Cast: Documentary
Music: Luis Leñero
Cinematography: Ignacio Miranda
Producer: Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC), FOPROCINE
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: On February 5th, 1970 Carlos Castañeda de la Fuente tried, unsuccessfully, to kill Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. He was sentenced to 23 years of oblivion and was forgotten in a Psiquiatric Hospital. Nowadays, the failed murderer is a homeless who walks Mexico City streets. This documentary film is the search of Castañeda in his wandering, as he remembers his past, telling this unfinished yet alive story.

Awards: 2012: Ariel Awards: 1 Nomination

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The convict Patient

2012

Alejandro Solar