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Pueblo en vilo
CHILE · 1995

Pueblo en vilo

Patricio Guzmán
Mexican history Cristero Wars conservative tradition small town life religious conflict
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Synopsis

The Chilean documentary maker enters the small Mexican town of San José de Gracia, marked by its conservative spirit, following the book with which historian Luis González narrated a good part of the town's past and its strong involvement in the Cristero Wars.

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