Overview
- The restored version begins screenings on October 30 at Cineteca Nacional with rollouts to independent cinemas in Mexico.
- Cast members including María Rojo, Juan Manuel Bernal, Tiaré Scanda and Esteban Soberanes joined Fons’s widow at the presentation, describing the film as career-defining.
- Producer Daniel Birman said the restoration took about four years and was planned to coincide with the anniversary, with technical support from Sony Pictures.
- The 1995 ensemble drama, adapted by Vicente Leñero from Naguib Mahfouz, is regarded as a modern classic that continues to attract young fans who discovered it on television and online.
- Composer Lucía Álvarez noted that the soundtrack heard in the film is entirely original, created specifically for the production.