Tucumán, Argentina, 1965. Three years before George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead was released, director Ofelio Linares Montt shot Zombies in the Sugar Cane Field, which turned out to be both a horror film and a political statement. It was a success in the US, but could not be shown in Argentina due to Juan Carlos Onganía's dictatorship, and was eventually lost. Writer and researcher Luciano Saracino embarks on the search for the origins of this cursed work.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Películas Zapruder
Keywords
- cinema on cinema
- movie business
- plagiarism
- mockumentary
- docudrama
- fake documentary
- zombie apocalypse
- 1960s
- political repression
- argentinean cinema
- cinema history
- film censorship
- semi-fiction
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Top Cast
Isabel Sarli as Self - Actress
Luciano Saracino as Self - Researcher
Diego Trerotola as Self - Film Critic
Roger Koza as Self - Film Critic
Laura Casabé as Self - Filmmaker
Ramiro San Honorio as Self - Film Collector
César Legname as Ofelio Linares Montt
Mónica Audi Falú as Alicia Miranda
Top Crew
Pablo Schembri · Director, Writer
Javier Ruiz · Composer
Guido De Paula · Cinematographer
Franco Cruz · Editor
Mariel Bomczuk · Executive Producer
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