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He is known for Sense8 (2015), Ozark (2017) and El baile de los 41 (2020) His participation in the film La Dictadura Perfecta (2014), directed by Luis Estrada led him to position himself as one of the best actors of his generation. ¡Que Viva México! is his second film with Luis Estrada.
He is known for La Ley de Herodes (1999), El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Narcos: Mexico (2018). He has appeared in six foreign films and more than twenty-eight Mexican films. He has been awarded the Ariel for Best Actor 5 times, 2 of them for Luis Estrada's films La Ley de Herodes, in 1999 and Inferno, in 2010. ¡Que Viva México! is his seventh film with Luis Estrada. The first was Bandidos, in 1991.
He is known for La Ley de Herodes (1999), El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Narcos: Mexico (2018). He has appeared in six foreign films and more than twenty-eight Mexican films. He has been awarded the Ariel for Best Actor 5 times, 2 of them for Luis Estrada's films La Ley de Herodes, in 1999 and Inferno, in 2010. ¡Que Viva México! is his seventh film with Luis Estrada. The first was Bandidos, in 1991.
He is known for La Ley de Herodes (1999), El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002), The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008), Narcos: Mexico (2018). He has appeared in six foreign films and more than twenty-eight Mexican films. He has been awarded the Ariel for Best Actor 5 times, 2 of them for Luis Estrada's films La Ley de Herodes, in 1999 and Inferno, in 2010. ¡Que Viva México! is his seventh film with Luis Estrada. The first was Bandidos, in 1991.
She is an actress with a long international career, known for Nacho Libre (2006), Narcos (2015) and Ejército de los muertos (2021). ¡Que Viva México! is her first film with Luis Estrada.
Actress with a long career in Mexican television, known for Fin de fiesta (1972), El lugar sin límites (1978) and Soy tu dueña (2010). She participated in more than 5 films by José Estrada: Siempre hay una primera vez (1969), El profeta Mimi (1973), Los Indolentes (1979), El primer paso de la mujer (1974), Angela Morante, crimen o suicidio (1981). ¡Que Viva México! This is her first film with Luis Estrada, continuing a long film tradition.
An actress with a 42-year career, Angelina has participated in films such as Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (1996), Hombre en llamas (2004), Mezcal (2006), La misma luna (2007) and Cinco días sin Nora (2009). For the last one, she won the Ariel Award for Best Female Co-Actress. She has also developed an impeccable career in television, participating in telenovelas such as: Alondra, María Isabel, Ramona, El manantial, En nombre del amor and Amor de nadie with Lucía Méndez. She worked with Luis Estrada in El Infierno (2010) and Un mundo maravilloso (2006). ¡Que Viva México! is her third film with him.
He is know for the movies: Matando Cabos (2004), Rudo y cursi (2008), James Bond, 007: Quantum of Solace (2008), El infierno (2010), Salvando al soldado Pérez (2011), Savages (2012), Cantinflas (2014), La dictadura perfecta (2014), La delgada línea amarilla (2015), Belzebuth (2019) or The Suicide Squad (2021). He was nominated for the Ariel on three occasions. He won his first statuette as Best Male Co-Acting for Luis Estrada's film El infierno. This is his fourth film with Luis Estrada.
He is know for the movies: Matando Cabos (2004), Rudo y cursi (2008), James Bond, 007: Quantum of Solace (2008), El infierno (2010), Salvando al soldado Pérez (2011), Savages (2012), Cantinflas (2014), La dictadura perfecta (2014), La delgada línea amarilla (2015), Belzebuth (2019) or The Suicide Squad (2021). He was nominated for the Ariel on three occasions. He won his first statuette as Best Male Co-Acting for Luis Estrada's film El infierno. This is his fourth film with Luis Estrada.
He is know for the movies: Matando Cabos (2004), Rudo y cursi (2008), James Bond, 007: Quantum of Solace (2008), El infierno (2010), Salvando al soldado Pérez (2011), Savages (2012), Cantinflas (2014), La dictadura perfecta (2014), La delgada línea amarilla (2015), Belzebuth (2019) or The Suicide Squad (2021). He was nominated for the Ariel on three occasions. He won his first statuette as Best Male Co-Acting for Luis Estrada's film El infierno. This is his fourth film with Luis Estrada.
She is known for films such as Ciudad de ciegos (1991), Por si no te vuelvo a ver (1997), Ciudades oscuras (2002), El Norte (1983), Amarte duele (2002), Niñas mal (2007), El infierno (2010), among others. This is her second film with Luis Estrada.
Since 1992, he has participated professionally in more than 100 roles and was a member of the cast of the Compañía Nacional de Teatro from 2008 until 2017. In cinema Enrique performed in the film "Temporada de Patos" directed by Fernando Eimbcke, receiving the Ariel prize as Best Actor. He has been nominated for the movie "Párpados Azules" by Ernesto Contreras and for the film "Cinco Días Sin Nora". La Dictadura Perfecta was his first film with Luis Estrada, ¡Que Viva México! is his second.
He is known for S.O.Z: Soldados o Zombies (2021), El Señor de los Cielos (2013), Narcos: Mexico (2018) and Fear the Walking Dead (2015). ¡Que Viva México! is his first film with Luis Estrada.
Fermín is known for La mexicana (2001), Frida (2002) y Crimen sin perdón (2007). He worked with Luis Estrada in: Un Mundo Maravilloso (2006) and “El Infierno” (2010). ¡Que Viva México! is his third movie together.
He is known for Sin miedo a la verdad (2018), Si nos dejan (2021) and El jesuita (2022). In 2010, he got a role in El Infierno (2010). ¡Que Viva México! is his second film with Luis Estrada.
She joined the cast of Narcos: Mexico Season 2 as a series regular playing "Enedina Arellano Felix", the head of the Tijuana Cartel. In 2021, Mayra joined the cast as a secondary lead in the feature film "El Norte Sobre El Vacío", directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella. ¡Que Viva México! is her first film with Luis Estrada.
Known for Perfume de violetas and De la calle, for which he received two Ariel nominations. A year later, he starred in the film Amarte Duele (2002), for which he won the Golden Sun as an actor at the Biarritz Festival of Latin American Cinema and Culture, France and at the International Festival of the Film of Love, Belgium. In 2014 he participated in Luis Estrada's movie, La Dictadura Perfecta. ¡Que Viva México! is his second film with Luis Estrada.
She is known for Paramedics (2012) and The Lieutenant (2012), Eddie Reynolds and the Angels of Steel (2014), Texas Rising (2015), Any Given Day (2016) and Christmas Miracles (2017) The Crimes of the North Sea (2017). ¡Que Viva México! is her first film with Luis Estrada.
Natalia Quiroz is known for Todos los incendios, ¡Que viva México! (2023) and Ven y sígueme (2016). ¡Que Viva México! is her first film with Luis Estrada.
Her film experience includes features such as "Immune Life", "Norteado", "Vaho", "Days of Grace", "The Perfect Dictatorship", among others. She was nominated for Best Female Co-Actress for her work in Norteado. In 2021, she was one of the protagonists of Nudo mixteco, a debut film directed by Ángeles Cruz. ¡Que Viva México! is her second film with Luis Estrada. The first one was La Dictadura Perfecta.
Mayte Fernández is known for ¡Que viva México! (2023).
Raphael Camarena is known for: ¡Que viva México! (2023).
He is known for Collateral Damage (2002), The Mexican (2001), Amorosos fantasmas (1994). He has been in four of Luis Estrada's films: La ley de Herodes (1999), El Infierno (2010), La dictadura Perfecta (2014) and now, ¡Que Viva México!
Amaury Reyes made his film debut in ¡Que Viva México! (2023).
José Sefami is known for Amores perros (2000), Moronga (2018) and Conozca la cabeza de Juan Pérez (2008). In 2010 he was in Luis Estrada's film El Infierno (2010), ¡Que Viva México! is their second film together.
She is known for Los árboles mueren de pie (2015), Fachon Models (2014) and Amor en custodia (2005).
She has been in more than 20 films directed by the most renowned directors in Mexico. "El Evangelio de las Maravillas" by Arturo Ripstein in 1998, "El Infierno" by Luis Estrada in 2012, "El Placer es mío" by Elisa Miller in 2014, "Luciérnagas" by Bani Koshnoudi in 2018. ¡Que Viva México! is his second film with Luis Estrada.
Ariane Pellicer is known for Man on Fire (2004), The Mexican (2001) and Marea suave (1992). ¡Que Viva México! is her second film with Luis Estrada. Previously Ámbar (1994).
is known for Queen of the South (2016), Single Parents (2020), Los Héroes del Norte (2010), Salvando al Soldado Pérez (2011). ¡Que Viva México! is his first film with Luis Estrada.
Leticia Huijara is known for the movies La Ley de Herodes (1999), Un Mundo Maravilloso (2006), Lola (1989), Por Si No te Vuelvo a Ver (1997) and the famous soap opera: El Octavo Mandamiento (2011). ¡Que Viva México! is her third movie with Luis Estrada.
Mauricio Isaac is known for Distancias Cortas (2015), Sitiados: México (2016), Natural Born Mexico (2022). El Infierno (2010) was his first film with Luis Estrada; ¡Que Viva México! is his second.
Luis Estrada was born on January 17, 1962 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a writer and director, known for his films that openly criticize the Mexican political system and the controversial issues that revolve around it, like El Infierno (2010), La Ley de Herodes (1999) and La Dictadura Perfecta (2014).
Andres Manuel López Obrador is the current president of the United Mexican States since December 1, 2018. His term ends on September 30, 2024. And the big question is... will he stay or will he go?
The grandfather, who lived for three centuries and died at 120 years. He fought in the Revolution, lived in the Reform, saw the world wars and none of them prepared him to escape Pascuala's clutches. Womanizer miner, his great treasure was a well-kept secret. He dedicated himself to partying, drinking alcohol and starting a large family. His favorite grandson is Pancho.
She has 95 years of age or older. She is the "legitimate wife" of Don Francisco, who stole her for him when she was 15 years old, during the Revolution. When he wanted to get rid of her for being a "bastard", Pascuala threatened him with the revolver and forced him to get married. Although they hated each other, they were never apart. A smoker, foul-mouthed and a supporter of education "with a heavy hand", she had 15 children, but many have left town and she has never heard from those "ungrateful" again. Pascuala is always in a wheelchair since her husband threw her, but she loves to hit everyone with her stick under any pretext.
He is the most treacherous of the three Reyes brothers: pickpocket, mythomaniac and cheater. He has changed political parties every time there have been elections in La Prosperidad and he has always won, by hook or by crook. When he was a boy, Don Franciso caught him reaching into his wallet and put him in jail for three months. His fondness for stealing, however, brought him closer to politics at the age of 16: he went to a PRI rally and, while he put his hands in his pockets and bags, he realized that he could do better than the candidate who was there, "the most asshole of the town”.
Lazy, freeloader, half stupid and good-natured, he is the only one of Don Francisco's children who dedicated himself to mining and he is also the one who tries to keep the family together despite everything. He is a professional "huevón", because although the La Esperanza mine closed many years ago, he says that he "goes to work" every morning. A staunch defender of his mother, Pascuala, whom he puts above all else, is not willing to pay a single property tax to the government of his brother Regino and prefers to steal tiles from other houses in order not to repair his own.
She used to be a pretty and cheerful young woman from La Prosperidad, but life has made her tough, rude and violent. She is Rosendo's wife, although she despises him for being lazy and ignorant. They both fight and insult each other: he has tried to choke her several times, but Dolores has stuck the knife into him three times. When she sees the blood, however, she regrets it and cries. She defends her children like a lioness and loves to please the family with the food she cooks.
One of the Reyes triplets. He is the one who was treated the worst by his father, Don Francisco, because he was not "macho" like the other two. A bit “weird”, he entered the seminary to flee from his family and became the priest of La Prosperidad, although he cannot wait for his mother Pascuala to die so that they give him his share of the inheritance and he can leave town. With obsessions that border on fanaticism, he performs acts of contrition that include demanding that the altar boys hit him on the buttocks with a stick or asking Socorro to help him "expel the poison" from his body. He misses the times of his idol John Paul II, despises the president for being a communist, and keeps denying those "gossip" that point to him as a pedophile.
Sweaty, dirty, and always with food stains on his uniform, the commander hates the “Reyes”. He usually collects the bribes in the brothel by sleeping with Jacinto or whoever is available. He loves to extort whoever he can and gossip says that he also has relationships with cows, sheep and goats. It is also believed that he has collected part of the taxes from the house of “Los Reyes” in kind, with Gloria, Bartola, and even Socorro.
Dirty, sweaty and with unpleasant habits, he works in the mine with Rosendo, although he can fall asleep anywhere. They have been "breaking stone" for years, as the grandfather insisted that a lot of gold had been buried. Rosendito doubts it, but still helps. He was the only one of the brothers who came to work in the mine when it was still open, but he was very relieved when it closed because the work "was a shit.”
He is the "artist" of the family, always dressed as a charro. He rehearses with his trumpet all day and spends his time imitating and talking about his idols: Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, José Alfredo Jiménez. He is smiling, quick to strike out and a lousy poet. He dreams of making a fortune singing at Garibaldi and he does not stop noticing how "pretty" the older girls in the family are getting.
Devoted and repressed, she goes out of her way for her uncle Ambrosio, whom she helps all day in the Church. A hypochondriac, she is always preparing remedies for everything, which is why she has become the family healer. Her nemesis is the "easy" Bartola, because, as she repeats to her husband Cruz, sex is a sin. However, alcohol uninhibits her. She is proud of having married the town teacher and believes that if it were not for the fact that he is a drunk, he would be a better writer than "García Vázquez”.
He was born in La Prosperidad but, at his mother's request, he was sent to study in the state capital. The family practically forgot about him, except for his grandfather, who received news from time to time. Although not very bright, he graduated as an engineer and got a job in Mexico City, where he learned that "how they see you, they treat you". Opportunistic and calculating, he worked his way up the ladder by trickery and by taking advantage of Mari's position, whom he agreed to marry. His new life, a Mexican imitation of the "American way of life", has allowed him to bury his past misery, but he is tormented by the demands of his wife, his boss, his children and all the loans he owes.
He is a third-rate delinquent, with an open shirt, gold chains, cheap lotion, although well groomed. Presumptuous, exhibitionist and challenging, no one can hold his gaze when he frightens them, although he is also a seducer. He likes to wear tight pants and is always looking at himself in the mirror. Although he is in charge of making visible the things he steals in the street, he has not been able to make the big hit.
The transexual. The most gossipy in the family and self-sacrificing wife of the male Lupe. She loves to tell the intimacies of his clients, from whom he steals money when they are careless. Cruz, Reginito, the entire police force and countless travelers, truckers and –perhaps– even Regino and Ambrosio have passed through her bed in the midst of drunkenness. She treasures her dresses and trinkets, plus no one beats her at the ball.
Dirty, ragged, shaggy, and with a lot of fatherless children. Every time a stranger passes through the town, Dolores takes care of her as much as she can, but Bartola, like cats, as soon as she smells a "new boyfriend" runs to the mountains, and when she returns she is already pregnant. Dolores bumps into the head. Each son of different parents, “migrants” who pass through the town, Honduras, Salvador, China, even a gringuito, heading to the border. “Someday we will go to the United States so they can meet their parents” Bartola, who is more of a girl than a woman, is the one who takes care of her children and those of the other children in the house.
Clean and tidy, she is the domestic employee of Pancho's family. Although he loves the man and the children very much, he can't stand Mari, who forces him to cook “French” recipes. She constantly reproaches her employer for spending her time doing yoga or "gossiping" on the phone with her friends. He plays with the children, Cati and Toni, and enjoys when they share gossip about the bosses.
Dirty and stinky, he used to be the village teacher but he was fired for being an alcoholic. When Socorro is careless, he steals the money from the Church's alms to spend it in the canteen. He always recites poems to his wife and says that when he stops drinking, he is going to write a book about the Reyes family that will bring him fame and fortune.
Daughter of the corrupt major of Cuchatacuaro, Michoacán, she lives copying the stereotypes she sees, first in soap operas and then in gringo comedies: dyed hair, waxing, manicure, makeup. A climber, "wannabe" and very Catholic, she had her eye on Pancho when she was secretary to the director of the company and took the opportunity to "trap" him. Her future flashed before her eyes: new house, vacations at the beach, maids to take care of her. She dreams of moving to Miami to maintain her status in front of her "girlfriends", an eagerness for competition that is killing Pancho's credit cards.
Originally from a town near Los Mochis, Rufino took her out of a brothel. Gossipy and concerned about her figure, she loves to show off her body under any pretext. Since she doesn't wear underwear, the children lie on the floor or hide under the table to see her. They have all passed by her bed: Hilario, Cruz, El Lupe, Jacinta. Rosendo is the only one who hasn’t, out of respect for Rufino.
He was not born in La Prosperidad but ended up setting up her brothel there after falling in love with Jacinto. Although he helps maintain the house, the Reyes do not like him, first because of "black", but above all because of how he treats his partner. Sullen, unfriendly and with the appearance of a pachuco, he has the illusion of one day opening a brothel for beautiful and young women, for which he sees a future in the Reyes girls.
irreverent and provocative political satire, from the creators of "La Ley de Herodes", "El Infierno", "Un Mundo Maravilloso" and "La Dictadura Perfecta".
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is an epic, irreverent and provocative political satire, from the creators of “Herod’s Law”, “Hell” and “The Perfect Dictatorship”, that, with dark humor, reflects on our idiosyncrasy; our polarization, and the intolerance that we live with and suffer every day in the times of the so-called “Fourth Transformation”.
With a spectacular cast that includes Damián Alcázar, Alfonso Herrera, Joaquín Cosío, Ana de la Reguera, Ana Martín, and Angelina Peláez; joined by an ensemble of great actors without precedent in the most recent times of our Mexican Film History. ¡Que viva México! is a grand production of three hours, that will leave no head unturned and that will most likely prompt a deep debate about the state of things in our country and the future that we can expect.
Twenty years ago, Pancho Reyes, a prosperous and “aspirational” middle class man, abandoned his hometown and entirely forgot all about his very large and very poor family. One day, he receives unexpected news when his father informs him that his grandfather, Don Francisco Reyes, a rich old miner, just passed away and that he is part of his will and a possible heir. Motivated by greed, Pancho decides to go back to the remote town of La Prosperidad to meet with his estranged and resented family, and takes his wife, kids, and maid with him.
But the mere presence of Pancho, his grandfather’s favorite, considered by his whole family as an arrogant and ungrateful showoff; and the possibility that he may be one of the heirs in the will, arises old feelings of envy and hate that have been kept under the surface for so long, causing a grand battle. A war of sorts where everything is game to fight for the inheritance between Pancho and his folksy and tacky family: The Reyes of La Prosperidad.
In his fundamental and seminal work, El Laberinto de la Soledad, Octavio Paz once said about us and our idiosyncrasy, that the life of a Mexican elapses between the possibility of screwing others and being screwed. And never, as in these dark times that we live in, has this reflection been as valid and relevant: The rich screw the poor and vice versa, men screw women and vice versa, the mestizos want to screw the natives and vice versa. It seems that we all want to screw each other. It’s a screwed time!... So much screwing!
But if Octavio Paz had lived in our time, he would’ve never exhausted his list of confrontations, since he would have had to include all the other battles that we experience daily in contemporary Mexico; liberals against conservatives, the “alleged good” against the “alleged bad",…
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