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The Bricklayers (1976)

The Bricklayers (1976)

Drama Thriller Mystery
Release Date: 1976, December 23
Directors: Jorge Fons
Countries: Mexico
Production: Cinematográfica Marco Polo S.A., Conacine
Cast: Ramón Menéndez, Katy Jurado, José Luis Avendaño, Pedro Damián, Salvador Sánchez, David Silva, Lluís Torner, Gerardo Zepeda, Regino Herrera, Evangelina Martínez, Ignacio López Tarso, José Carlos Ruiz

Overview:

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

Keywords:

based on novel or book murder death poverty investigation corruption police brutality janitor bricklayer