A 1968 Olympics fever dream Mexico wants you to forget exists.
Mexican experimental feature film, made for the 1968 olympics.
Direction
Rilla's bizarre pivot from British horror to Mexican psychedelia.
Production
Commissioned for Olympics, buried immediately after. The mystery helps.
Director
Wolf Rilla
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Tlatelolco massacre era, this government-funded art accidentally captured Mexico's fractured soul. Most prints were allegedly destroyed.
Ofelia Medina, barely credited here, became Mexico's most acclaimed actress. Héctor Bonilla's scenes were reportedly cut by half.
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