Because of her selflessness and courage, this film is dedicated to the Mexican woman.
Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this impressionistic portrait of modern-day Mexico. Reminiscent in some ways of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, Tequila appears to be a cinematic extension of Mexico’s muralist tradition, a contemporary equivalent of Diego Rivera or David Alfaro Siqueiros with vignettes, quick ideas, visual puns, cartoons, and political statements.
Rubén Gámez
Writer, Director

María Rojo
Bailarina

Hugo Stiglitz
Danzarín Desnudo

Yirah Aparicio
Danzante Desnuda

Patricia Aguirre
La Bailada
Susana Contreras
Madre Celosa
Daniel Noé Bautista
Hijo
Manuel Aguilar
Minero
La misma luna78%
Amores perros76%
Don de Dios75%
Batalla en el cielo58%
Deseo65%
Hasta el cielo60%
Radical83%
Historias extraordinarias77%
El Polaquito68%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
El Greco59%
Mexicali77%
Flamin' Hot79%
Diarios de motocicleta74%
La montaña sagrada75%
El baile de los 4178%
Talento de Barrio80%
The Hitch-Hiker68%
Lorelei59%
The Unforgivable74%