¡Maten a Chinto!

"It's hard to know how violence begins, it's impossible to know how it ends..."

1990 1h 25m ES

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7.1

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★6.8TMDB · 4★7.1IMDB · 32

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Synopsis

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Based on real events during Christmas of 1944 in the Pacific coast port city of Manzanillo. Hotel manager Chinto loses his temper and assaults "Inés," the homosexual cook. Inés complains to the police, but when several patrolmen come to arrest Chinto, he pulls a pistol and shoots them. The authorities soon lay seige to the hotel; Chinto's employees, follow his orders without question and assist him in barricading the hotel's doors and windows.

“It's hard to know how violence begins, it's impossible to know how it ends...”

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Cast

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Don Chinto
Héctor Ortega
Inés
Eduardo López Rojas
Palancares
Gerardo Quiroz
Rerre

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alberto Isaac
Writers: Alberto Isaac
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alberto Isaac, shot by Jorge Stahl Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Carlos Savage shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Héctor Ortega and Eduardo López Rojas carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's hard to know how violence begins, it's impossible to know how it ends...".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0097850 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alberto Isaac directs. Jorge Stahl Jr. behind the camera. Carlos Savage cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
236 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Alberto Isaac, shot by Jorge Stahl Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Carlos Savage shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Héctor Ortega and Eduardo López Rojas carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's hard to know how violence begins, it's impossible to know how it ends...".
8IMDB entry: tt0097850 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.