When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
Directed by Jorge Fons
police brutality
corruption
based on novel or book
investigation
murder
janitor
poverty
death
bricklayer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Ignacio López Tarso
Don Jesus
Adalberto Martínez
Patotas
Jaime Fernández
Perez Gomez
José Alonso
Federico
Salvador Sánchez
Chapo Álvarez
Katy Jurado
Josefina
José Carlos Ruiz
Jacinto Martínez
David Silva
Ing. Zamora
Gerardo Zepeda
Marcial
Ramón Menéndez
Dávila, policía
Guillermo Gil
Valverde, policía
Leonor Llausás
Madre de Isidro
Crew
Vicente Leñero
Novel
Popular Reviews
1 review
Fabritzio
6.0★ · 11/05/25
“Por eso te digo: Quiérelo, quiere este edificio, porque el día vendrá en que todo sea de todos. Verdad de Dios”
“Por eso te digo: Quiérelo, quiere este edificio, porque el día vendrá en que todo sea de todos. Verdad de Dios”