For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)

Directors

Dean Wright

Cast

Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Eva Longoria, Peter O'Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce McGill, Rubén Blades, Mauricio Kuri

The story

The film opens with screen titles describing the anti-Catholic provisions of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Civil war erupts when newly elected Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles (Rubén Blades) begins a violent crackdown against the country's Catholic faithful. The film depicts the carnage by showing churches being set on fire, Catholic priests murdered, and countless faithful peasants killed and having their bodies publicly hanged on telegraph poles as a warning to others.

Genres

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