Watch Zapata: El Sueño De Un Héroe (2004) Free Online

Release Date: 2004

Cast: Jaime Camil, Patricia Velásquez, Jesús Ochoa, Arturo Beristáin, Lucero, Soledad Ruiz, Alberto Estrella, Alejandro Fernández, Julio Bracho

Categories: Movies, Drama, Biographical film, Fantasy, War film

Zapata: El sueño del héroe, also titled simply Zapata, is a Mexican motion picture first released in 2004. This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican movie ever produced, with a massive ad campaign, and the largest ever opening in the nation's history. Unusual in the Mexican film...  MORE

Zapata: El sueño del héroe, also titled simply Zapata, is a Mexican motion picture first released in 2004. This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican movie ever produced, with a massive ad campaign, and the largest ever opening in the nation's history. Unusual in the Mexican film industry, Zapata was financed independently. The main character was played by Alejandro Fernández son of Vicente Fernández. Infested with non-sense script lines such as, "Un soldado sin rifle, es como un taco sin tortilla" or "A soldier without a rifle is like a taco without a tortilla", this movie was panned by the critics and audiences alike. Against all expectations, Alejandro Fernández didn't sing during the movie while mounting a horse. Also starring telenovela actress and singer Lucero, and an array of Televisa artists such as Patricia Velásquez and Jaime Camil, the movie was panned by critics, due to continuity issues, as well as concerns about the portrayal of Zapata, along with some rumors that he was of the homosexual persuasion plus semi-nudes of historical figures. Although many of the marketing and promotional ideas utilised in the release of the film are "revolutionary" in Mexico, after its opening day, the movie performed poorly in movie theatres, far below expectations, and, as of 28 May 2004, had yet to find any distributors outside of Latin America. Ironically, Alfonso Arau's expectations were to receive the Oscar and publicly stated, "If filmmakers didn't think about the Academy Awards, we wouldn't know what we're doing". LESS