Pueblo en armas was a film that was directed by Miguel Contreras Torres. It was based on his 1957 novel by the same name.
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Director: Emilio "El Indio" Fernández.
Country: Mexico
Year: 1956
This film is based on a masterpiece by Rodolfo Usigli whose title is "El gesticulador." The main character of this film is a Professor who falls out with the Rector and his cabinet and thus returns to his native village with his wife and two children. He starts growing corn but the crops fail, in desperation and by choice he assumes a false identity of his grandfather- a revolutionary hero of Mexican Revolution. People of the village rally around him during the election, but he is shot and killed before he can tell "el pueblo," about his true identity.
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