The Heist

El Apando

“A prison system that does not regenerate, it degenerates.”

In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.

Scénario

José Revueltas

Réalisation

Felipe Cazals

Scénario

José Agustín

Novela

José Revueltas

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05/08/1976

Langue originale

Espagnol