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‘La Noche Eterna del Baby’O’ Debuts on ViX, Recasting Acapulco’s Iconic Club

Using Baby’O’s story, the film probes Acapulco’s memory, resilience, identity.

Overview

  • The feature-length documentary by director Emilio Maillé streams exclusively on ViX from November 20 following its screening at the Morelia Film Festival.
  • Drawing on newly sourced archives and testimonies, it traces the nightclub’s rise from its 1976 founding by Rafael Villafañe and Eduardo Cesarman to its celebrity-fueled heyday.
  • Voices appearing include Verónica Castro, Ana Martín, Daniela Romo, Viviana Corcuera, Guadalupe Loaeza, Ricardo Raphael, Mijares and Emmanuel, with Luis Miguel notably not participating.
  • Maillé keeps disco as the musical backbone across roughly 110 minutes while weaving in Acapulco’s social context, including recent shocks such as Hurricane Otis.
  • The director presents the project as a catalyst for public conversation about cultural memory and the city’s ongoing recovery.