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Early in his career, the Austrian-born future Oscar winner Fred Zinnemann codirected with Emilio Gómez Muriel the politically and emotionally searing Redes. In this vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real- life fishermen), one worker’s terrible loss instigates a political awakening among him and his fellow laborers. A singular coming together of talents, Redes, commissioned by a progressive Mexican government, was cowritten and gorgeously shot by the legendary photographer Paul Strand.Redes was restored in 2009 by the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways, and Qatar Museum Authority.
Original Release
07/15/1936
US Release
08/28/1936
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Silvio Hernández | Miro |
David Valle González | Don Anselmo / Don Anselmo Herrera, fishing business owner |
Rafael Hinojosa | El Candidato / Juan Garcia Sanchez, politician |
Antonio Lara | El Zurdo / El Zurdo, fisherman |
Miguel Figueroa | Miguel, fisherman / Miguel |
Directors
Fred Zinnemann, Emilio Gómez Muriel
Writers
Fred Zinnemann, John Dos Passos, Emilio Gómez Muriel, Leo Hurwitz, Henwar Rodakiewicz, Paul Strand, Agustín Velázquez Chávez
Cast
Name | Character |
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Silvio Hernández | Miro |
David Valle González | Don Anselmo / Don Anselmo Herrera, fishing business owner |
Rafael Hinojosa | El Candidato / Juan Garcia Sanchez, politician |
Antonio Lara | El Zurdo / El Zurdo, fisherman |
Miguel Figueroa | Miguel, fisherman / Miguel |