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In 1971, Helmuth Busch attempts to flee from his past as a Stasi spy. He wants to go underground in Mexico, but the Mexican secret service recognizes him and blackmails him. To avoid extradition, Helmuth agrees to observe a group of political students. As Bruno Müller, he becomes professor of history at the University of Mexico City. Bruno performs his unpleasant mission but falls in love with a student, Adela. This passionate love hurls Bruno into a deep conflict. Francisca (which is not the name of a woman but of a pistol) is a love story whose main figures were also among those who shaped the history of the 1970s in Mexico; at a time when the ideals of justice and social change influenced a whole generation. It is an unusual and gripping look at the student movement and at Mexico.

Mexico / Germany - 2002 - 1 h 25 mn - 16 mm - Colour

Director Eva López-Sánchez Script Eva López-Sánchez, Jorge Goldenberg Artistic director Sandra Cabriada Camera Javier Moron Sound Pedro Mejia Editing Santiago Torre, Sigfrido Barjau Music Jacobo Lieberman, Leo Heiblum Cast Ulrich Nöthen, Fabiola Campomanes, Juan Rios, Arcelia Ramirez, Julio Bracho

Production Producciones Odeón, Francisco Peñuñuri 6, Del Carmen, Coyocan, Mexico D.F. 04100, Mexique Tél : +52 55 5554 9491 Fax : +52 55 5659 2659 E-mail : odeon@prodigy.net.mx Co-Production Sur Films, Jose María Lara P.C., Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

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