10 August 2020, 05:30 am
Shake off your sorrows (Sacúdete las penas/Mexico)
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Shake off your sorrows (Sacúdete las penas/Mexico)
(90 min; 2018; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Andrés Ibañez Dias Infante
González, an inmate serving a long sentence, tells the story of Pepe Frituras, Mexico City’s most famous dancer, who would lose his freedom during a night out partying, ending up in the Palace of Lecumberri -the country’s most dangerous penitentiary. Through anecdotes filled with music, dances, and romance, González narrates how he became the only convict that managed to escape the prison walls using the power of his imagination
The film will be accessible using the link and password pasted below from 14th August 2020 at 00:00 until 16th August 2020 at 23:59
(Collaboration: Embassy of Mexico)
