When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Direction
Retes' clinical gaze that refuses to let anyone off easy.
Writing
The delicious irony of bourgeois radicals weaponizing labor rights.
Cinematography
The metatextual thrill of watching a film about filming a film.
Director
Gabriel Retes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Mexico's 'Cinema of the State' era, Retes used government funding to critique bourgeois complacency—then watched the system collapse anyway.
The title refers to a ship's flag broken to signal surrender; here it's cinema itself that surrenders to commerce and conscience.
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