“Because of her selflessness and courage, this film is dedicated to the Mexican woman.”
Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this impressionistic portrait of modern-day Mexico. Reminiscent in some ways of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, Tequila appears to be a cinematic extension of Mexico’s muralist tradition, a contemporary equivalent of Diego Rivera or David Alfaro Siqueiros with vignettes, quick ideas, visual puns, cartoons, and political statements.
Directed by Rubén Gámez
María Rojo
Bailarina
Hugo Stiglitz
Danzarín Desnudo
Yirah Aparicio
Danzante Desnuda
Patricia Aguirre
La Bailada
Susana Contreras
Madre Celosa
Daniel Noé Bautista
Hijo
Manuel Aguilar
Minero
