La cebra
{{Infobox film
| name = La cebra
| image = La cebra poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Fernando Javier León Rodríguez
| writer = Fernando Javier León Rodríguez
| producer = Socorro Méndez Díaz
Antonio Urdapilleta
| starring = Harold Torres
Jorge Adrián Espíndola
| cinematography = Martín Boege
| editing = Óscar Figueroa
| music = Julio de la Rosa
| studio = Cinemágico Producciones
| distributor = Corazón Films
| released = {{Film date|2011|03|25|Guadalajara|2013|01|18|Mexico}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
| budget = $18.5 million pesos{{Cite web |last=closeupmexico |date=2013-01-16 |title=La cebra, una comedia revolucionaria |url=https://closeupmexico.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/la-cebra-una-comedia-revolucionaria/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=close up |language=es}}
| gross =
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La cebra ({{lit|The zebra}}) is a 2011 Mexican comedy-drama film written and directed by Fernando Javier León Rodríguez in his directorial debut.{{Cite web |title=Ópera Prima de estreno: "La cebra" |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/reportajes/2013/1/31/opera-prima-de-estreno-la-cebra-113877.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.proceso.com.mx |language=spanish}} Starring Harold Torres and Jorge Adrián Espíndola.{{Cite web |date= |title='La cebra', una historia revolucionaria para reflexionar y reír |url=http://yosiveocinemexicano.blogspot.com/2013/01/la-cebra-una-historia-revolucionaria.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website='La cebra', una historia revolucionaria para reflexionar y reír ~ Yo Sí Veo Cine Mexicano}} It is set at the time of the Mexican revolution and tells the story of Leandro and Odón, two friends who find a zebra that they mistake for an "American horse" and have the idea that by handing it over they will be appointed colonels or generals.{{Cite web |title="La cebra" de Fernando Javier León, un punto de vista diferente {{!}} Cinestel |url=http://www.cinestel.com/la-cebra-de-fernando-javier-leon-un-punto-de-vista-diferente/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |language=es-ES}}
Synopsis
Leandro and Odon are two young patriots who want to join the revolutionary forces of Álvaro Obregón. So they decide to travel to the north of Mexico where they find a donkey that they confuse with a "gringo horse", they also decide to call it "Fucker".{{Citation |last=SensaCine.com.mx |title=La cebra |url=https://www.sensacine.com.mx/peliculas/pelicula-191088/#:~:text=La%20cebra%20es%20una%20comedia,fuerzas%20revolucionarias%20de%20%C3%81lvaro%20Obreg%C3%B3n. |access-date=2023-04-06 |language=es-MX}}
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:{{Cite web |date=2023-04-06 |title=Reparto de La cebra (película 2011). Dirigida por Fernando Javier León Rodríguez |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/peliculas/la-cebra-210588/actores |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Reparto Completo de La cebra (Cine.com) |url=https://www.cine.com/pelicula/la-cebra/reparto |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=cine.com |language=es}}
- Jorge Adrián Espíndola as Leandro Pérez
- Harold Torres as Odón Gómez
- Leticia Huijara as Juana
- Paulina Gaitán as Valentina
- Alejandra Ley as Adelfa
- Jesús Ochoa as Álvaro Obregón
- Raquel Pankowsky as Lady Martina
- Graciela Orozco as "The Lady"
- Alejandro Caso as Official Zedillo
- Hermán López as Officer Portillo
- Tomás Rojas as Officer Echevarria
- Humberto Elizondo as General Quesada
- Julián Villagrán as Colonel
- Manolo Solo as "The one-eyed"
- Raúl Adalid as Official Hurtado
- Emilio Savinni as Circusman Chuck
- Meraqui Rodríguez as Circus Mary
- Héctor Holten as Officer Salinas
Production
Principal photography for the film began in November 2010 in Pachuca, Hidalgo.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-12 |title=Historia de filmación de la película, » La Cebra», de Fernando León |url=https://www.tiempodemichoacan.com/historia-de-filmacion-de-la-pelicula-la-cebra-de-fernando-leon/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Tiempo de Michoacán |language=es}} It was also filmed in Baja California, Guanajuato and Puebla, Mexico.
Release
La cebra had its international premiere on March 25, 2011, at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=Cinecrítica FICG 27: La cebra, tragicómica Odisea en la revolución mexicana - CorreCamara.com.mx |url=http://www.correcamara.com.mx/inicio/int.php?mod=noticias_detalle&id_noticia=3401 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.correcamara.com.mx}}{{Cite web |title=LatAm cinema » Películas de Argentina, Colombia, México y Guatemala seleccionadas para Guadalajara Construye 5 |url=https://www.latamcinema.com/peliculas-de-argentina-colombia-mexico-y-guatemala-seleccionadas-para-guadalajara-construye-5/ |access-date=2023-04-06}} It was commercially released on January 18, 2013, in Mexican theaters.{{Cite web |last=Aguilar |first=Ninotchka |date=2013-01-18 |title=ESTRENO EN CINES LA PELICULA MEXICANA LA CEBRA |url=https://prensaescenario.com/2013/01/18/estreno-en-cines-la-pelicula-mexicana-la-cebra/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Prensaescenario |language=es}}
Accolades
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!Year !Award !Category !Recipient !Result !Ref. |
| rowspan="3" |2012
|Lima Latin American Film Festival |Best First Work |La cebra |{{Won}} |
| Pantalla de Cristal
|Best Investigation | rowspan="2" |Alisarine Ducolomb |{{Nom}} |
| The Festival Pantalla de Cristal
|Best Art Direction |{{Nom}} |
| 2014
|Harold Torres |{{Nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1913060}}
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Category:2011 comedy-drama films
Category:Mexican comedy-drama films
Category:2010s Spanish-language films
Category:Films about revolutions
Category:Films set in the 1910s
Category:2011 directorial debut films
Category:Mexican Revolution films
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