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RUNTIME
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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Religion, la fuerza de la costumbre
"Religious by tradition until the word came to their home."
2000 1h 30m EN
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 3
Drama
Synopsis
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A Mexican family that practices religion merely as tradition encounters conflicts with faith.
“Religious by tradition until the word came to their home.”
Cast
Raúl Araiza
Queta Lavat
Norma Lazareno
María Sorté
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Paco del Toro
- Languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
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The take
Paco del Toro directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Raúl Araiza and Queta Lavat and Norma Lazareno carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Religious by tradition until the word came to their home.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0427712 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Paco del Toro
Production companies
Who made it
- AR
Armagedon Producciones
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- mexico
- christianity
- religion
- family
- catholicism
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2000-01-01
