简介：FeaturingastorythatcloselyparallelstheIndianrevoltintheMexicanstateofChiapasthatoccurredinthemid1990s,thispoliticallycorrectdramachroniclestheuprisingoftheNahuatlsagainsttheoppressivecriollos,wealthyrulersofSpanishdescentwhopatronizeandabusethem.ThefilmisthedebutproductionoftheNahuatlTheaterCompany,establishedin1988.ThestorybeginsintheNahuatlvillageofYouhualichanwhenagroupofpeasantsdecidetotraveltoanearbyvillagetostageaperformanceoftheColloquiumoftheAdorationoftheKing,anancientstorythatiswritteninbothSpanishandNahuatlandrepresentsaphilosophicaldialogbetweenSaintLuciferandthearchangelMichael.TheywanttostagetheperformanceinsidethelocalCatholicChurch,butthetownpriestrefusestoallowthis,inpartbecausecriollotheologyrefusestograntmetaphysicalcredibilitytoLucifer. ThedebutfeaturefilmfromtheNahuatlTheaterCompanybasedonaseriesoftrueevents.AgroupofMexicanIndianswantstostageaperformance,atthelocalCatholicchurch,oftheColloquiumoftheAdorationoftheKing(anancientstorythatiswritteninbothSpanishandNahuatl,theindigenouslanguage).ThelocalpriestprohibitstheplaybecauseheconsidersitanactofblasphemyduetotheconflictbetweenarchangelMichaelandSaintLucifer.TheIndianslockthemselvesinthechurchinprotest.Theresultingconfrontationisinevitable.Afascinatinginsightintoanobscureculture. FromtheMexicanvillageofYohualichan,apeasanttheatrecompanyofNahuatlIndiansjourneystoanearbyCatholicchurchseekingpermissiontostageanancientplaydepictingameetingbetween4th-centuryChristianteacherSaintLuciferandthearchangelMichael.Thelocalpriestaccusesthecompanyofblasphemy,settingthestageforadramaticconfrontationofculturesandtraditionsinthisacclaimeddrama.IgnacioLopezTarso,RamonAbascal,andRafaelCortesstar.99min.Soundtrack:Spanish;Subtitles:English;biographies;theatricaltrailers.InSpanishwithEnglishsubtitles.…