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Frontera (1980 film)

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Frontera
Directed byFernando Durán Rojas
Written byFabián Arnaud
Ramón Obón
Produced byAntonio H. Rodriguez
StarringFernando Allende
Daniela Romo
Guillermo Capetillo
CinematographyFernando Alvarez Garces
Edited byÁngel Camacho
Music byNacho Mendez
Distributed byTelevicine
Release date
  • 15 May 1980 (1980-05-15) (Mexico)[1]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Frontera (transl.Frontier) is a 1980 Mexican action thriller film directed by Fernando Durán Rojas and starring Fernando Allende, Daniela Romo, and Guillermo Capetillo.[1]

Plot

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A young man wants to know the world and travels to the frontier between Mexico and the U.S. in search of his brother. Upon arrival, he realizes that his brother has died in an accident of bizarre characteristics. Anyway, he decides to stay and continues the business with his brother's girlfriend, together they will try to rebuild a restaurant with the help from family and friends. But everything is complicated when the mafia and drug dealers attack the project as it moves.

Cast

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Production

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The film was shot in 1979.[1]

Release

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The film was released on 15 May 1980.[1] It was screened at the Cuautitlán Izcalli 2, Carrusel, Colonial, Dolores del Río, International, Marina, Olimpia, Soledad, Lago 1 and Elvira cinemas, for two weeks.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge (2006). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980–1989 (in Spanish). UNAM. p. 26. ISBN 970-32-3605-7.
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