

Mexican reporters race through New Year's Eve chaos for one scoop that changes everything.
Direction
Fernández packs real-time tension into one frantic evening.
Cinematography
Gabriel Figueroa's shadows turn newsprint into existential dread.

Director
Emilio Fernández
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernández made this during his commercial phase after the government defunded his more radical projects—some critics call it compromised, others see subversive class critique hiding in studio constraints.
Arturo de Córdova reportedly hated playing the capitalist villain and argued with Fernández about Bernardo's redemption arc, which explains why it feels so abrupt.