The Convict Patient
"Behind every social movement, there is a man willing to die."
On February th 1970, Carlos Castañeda de la Fuente tried to assassinate the Mexican President to avenge the Tlatelolco massacre from October 2nd 1968, defying the most repressive regime in the contemporary Mexican history. Forty years later, this failed avenger survived the system´s disproportionate retaliation, only to wander Mexico City´s streets as a vagrant.
| Release Date | October 4, 2012 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | El paciente interno | |
| Runtime | 1h 30min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Original Language | Spanish | |
| Production Countries | Mexico | |
| Production Companies | Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de CalidadConsejo Nacional para la Cultura y las ArtesInstituto Mexicano de CinematografíaUNAMCentro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC) | |