Rojo Amanecer (Red Dawn) is a 1990 Mexican drama film directed by Jorge Fons. It tells a fictional story set during the events of October 2-3, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. The film stars María Rojo, Héctor Bonilla, Jorge Fegan, Ademar Arau, Bruno Bichir, Demián Bichir, and Eduardo Palomo.
Claustrophobic experience which involves a Mexican middle class family into the atrocities made by wild and heartless army forces whose main objective seems to be students who do not permit the 1968's Olimpic games' to develop normally.
Victims[]
- Unnamed Man - Beheaded during the Mexican Revolution off-screen, mentioned.
- At Least 400 Unknown People - Shot to death by unknown members of the Olimpia Battalion and the Mexican Army using assault rifles and sniper rifles off-screen, bodies shown. (Fictional Portrayal)
- Luis's Sister - Crushed to death during the stampede of students trying to escape the army's gunfire.
- Unnamed Male Student - Shot in the back by the Olimpia Battalion commander with a 9mm pistol.
- Unnamed Male Student - Shot through his stomach by the Olimpia Battalion commander with a 9mm pistol.
- Luis - Succumbed to his gunshot wounds after being shot in the stomach by the Olimpia Battalion commander with a 9mm pistol.
- Unnamed Female Student - Killed with a shot to the back that pierced her chest by the Olimpia Battalion commander with a 9mm pistol.
- Sergio - Stabbed in the back of the head, and then shot in the head by a member of the Olimpia Battalion with a 9mm pistol.
- Captain Roque - Shot in the heart by the Olimpia Battalion commander with a 9mm pistol.
- Humberto - Shot in the head by the Olimpia Battalion commander with a 9mm pistol.
- Alicia - Bled to death after being shot in the chest by the Olimpia Battalion commander with a 9mm pistol.
- Graciela - Shot in the ribs by unknown members of the Olimpia Battalion off-screen, body shown.
- Jorge - Shot in the chest and the stomach by unknown members of the Olimpia Battalion off-screen, body shown.
Deaths[]
- Total - 412
- 400 Victim of Unknown Gender
- 8 Men
- 4 Women
Notes[]
- During the film, the constant repression and killings that occurred during the "dirty war" are mentioned, particularly during the military occupation of the UNAM and IPN university campuses, leading up to the Tlatelolco massacre. Since the film doesn't provide an estimate, and real-life casualty figures are often inaccurate, it is impossible to determine the exact number of deaths that occurred before October 2, 1968.
