The Bricklayers [Los albañiles]

Release Year
1976
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Directed By
Jorge Fons
The Bricklayers

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

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