The movie you have to see to judge. You can be in favor or against it but you can't deny this is a serious feeling of a divided country. There was a lot of tries to boycott it in Mexico; cinemas didn't show it on time, show it out of focus, cut it at the half and a lot of unfair tries to cancel the shows. Luis Mandoki is one of the great directors of this time and guarantees the quality of the movie and the seriousness of the project. The film shows how some people in the Mexican politics acted in the 2006 Mexican elections for president. "The intentions of the film is not to give opinions, just show facts, things that happened, like others said; excluding visual evidences from the citizens" Luis Mandoki said. "The film will open the eyes of some, others will say this is useless, I only offer mi work".
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Fraude is revealing, emotive and with a good amount of denounce and exhibition of politicians corruption
steviethecarpenter16 November 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Fraude is revealing, emotive and with a good amount of denounce and exhibition of politicians corruption For those who don't like Obrador and want to see the movie, I give you a warning: its a López Obrador movie,you wont find real criticisms against him or his followers. But it has a good reason for doing so: all of the criticisms have been thoroughly ventilated and repeated by mainstream media, giving no voice to the counter part, and thats exactly what this movie does.
The first part of the movie shows López Obrador in a way no other media has ever portrayed him, allowing him to express freely his opinions, admit his mistakes and explain the reasons for his most controversial decicions.
In the second part I find the most valuable material: the footage from voluntary citizens who recorded the multiple anomalies in the Electoral Districts all over Mexico. Such amateur footage includes: functionaries not willing to make a recount when the voting numbers didn't match in particular polling places, officials voiding votes that were clearly intended for Obrador, ballot burning, and many other illegal acts and anomalies that show the way certainty was systematically denied by the Electoral Institute.
In conclusion I recommend this movie entirely for many reasons. One is you wont find this material on television or other mass media, and second this is the opinion of millions of mexicans who have never found their voice heard by mainstream media, and here they are allowed to express themselves. And finally this is a piece of history, it shows the facts, the evidences and the reflections to better understand what happened in Mexico's elections in 2006.
The first part of the movie shows López Obrador in a way no other media has ever portrayed him, allowing him to express freely his opinions, admit his mistakes and explain the reasons for his most controversial decicions.
In the second part I find the most valuable material: the footage from voluntary citizens who recorded the multiple anomalies in the Electoral Districts all over Mexico. Such amateur footage includes: functionaries not willing to make a recount when the voting numbers didn't match in particular polling places, officials voiding votes that were clearly intended for Obrador, ballot burning, and many other illegal acts and anomalies that show the way certainty was systematically denied by the Electoral Institute.
In conclusion I recommend this movie entirely for many reasons. One is you wont find this material on television or other mass media, and second this is the opinion of millions of mexicans who have never found their voice heard by mainstream media, and here they are allowed to express themselves. And finally this is a piece of history, it shows the facts, the evidences and the reflections to better understand what happened in Mexico's elections in 2006.
The edition was perfect
pedromar-116 November 2007
The picture is great, I don't know who make the edition, but for me was a great deal. This movie is one of a kind, but I hope in the future the Mexican movie makers try to film more movies like this one. My congratulations to the edition work, maybe we have here a future Oscar winning. I lived in México at that time and I can say that nothing in the picture was false or untrue. Cinema is one of the most incredible arts and we can use to communicate not only emotions but wisdom. I want someone try to make a film about 1968 events in México City, unfortunately on that years, We don't have a Luis Mandoki, maybe with someone like him at that time, the development of the country was different and better. Again for me it is a blockbuster, 10 stars. You have to see the picture!!
Excellent movie.
smaug9019 November 2007
A great, powerful documentary who shows unpublished evidence -most of material was recorded by common citizens- about the Mexican fraud election in 2006. The movie shows the evidence, explains the history of democracy in Mexico, tells the forgotten story that official mass media never saw and gives voice to the Mexican people who lived and suffered the fraud, but refuses to take a side. Surprisingly, it's a very friendly film even thought the topic is really polemical. It's a movie about corruption and treachery, but also about hope and courage, about the people of Mexico who fights for the right of freedom and democracy just like in the early XX century. Recommended for everybody inside and outside Mexico, a real masterpiece.
A "Loser"? view of a very contested election.
macnifico31 May 2008
Warning: Spoilers
An excellent documentary of a VERY contested, and divisive election in Mexico. Narrated from the point of view of the "losing" side, it shows how a great campaign can flounder after a "dirty war" was waged against Mr Lopez Obrador. Maybe the citizens of the U.S.A. are used to this kind of "dirty tricks", but it was the first time in Mexico's modern history that such tactics were employed to scare the people and make them believe that "the country will collapse if Lopez Obrador wins". Almost two years from the election, and after a year and a half of the rightist Calderon regime, the country HAS collapsed, and it is in a thinly disguised chaos, with more people dead in the drug wars than in Irak, the economy in shambles, the prices of everything soaring, and the rightist regime trying to sell the only industry that keeps the country going: the oil industry. Sadly, Mr Lopez Obrador was right. Watch this film and learn why.
Propaganda
verde7525 July 2008
Not a documentary.
Although the film is supposed to document a fraud in the 2006 Mexican election, it falls on its face and instead of presenting facts, it dwells in half truths and the presumption that there was a fraud and that it was so obvious that there is not even the need to document it.
I had higher hopes for it, but along the "Quien es el señor Lopez?" documentaries (also by Mandoki), it is nothing but a piece of propaganda.
I would have to say that its only redeeming factor, is exactly the fact that it is a piece of propaganda, thus documenting the lack of evidence for its arguments.
As with all movies see for yourself and judge, but I would rather use my time watching something else.
Although the film is supposed to document a fraud in the 2006 Mexican election, it falls on its face and instead of presenting facts, it dwells in half truths and the presumption that there was a fraud and that it was so obvious that there is not even the need to document it.
I had higher hopes for it, but along the "Quien es el señor Lopez?" documentaries (also by Mandoki), it is nothing but a piece of propaganda.
I would have to say that its only redeeming factor, is exactly the fact that it is a piece of propaganda, thus documenting the lack of evidence for its arguments.
As with all movies see for yourself and judge, but I would rather use my time watching something else.
"This has been my little grain of salt to add to the struggle for democracy in Mexico"
riconster2 February 2008
"Fraude: Mexico 2006," directed by Luis Mandoki, had been seen by nearly a quarter million by the end of its second week, which already puts it behind only "Fahrenheit 911" and "March of the Penguins." Distribution plans for Mandoki's vision of the disputed 2006 election were disrupted after Warner Bros. backed out of an initial offer to release the film.
Mandoki's unabashedly partisan documentary, largely narrated by Lopez Obrador himself, claims a conspiracy of right-wing politicians, including then-acting president Vicente Fox and shady former president Carlos Salinas, stole the 2006 presidential election from him.
Conservative Felipe Calderon was eventually named Mexico's next president by the nation's electoral court after a legal battle and street protests by Lopez Obrador supporters.
Juan Manuel Borbolla, head of Warner Bros. Mexico, said the studio decided "Fraude" didn't have B.O. appeal. But Mandoki said Warner had buckled under pressure from its local partner, Televisa. The film alleges top Televisa execs Emilio Azcarraga Jean and Bernardo Gomez played a part in a smear campaign against Lopez Obrador in the run-up to the election. Warner shares offices with Televisa film-arm Videocine and uses the company to book its releases.
Mandoki eventually found "Fraude" distribution with indie Decine.
While some critics have blasted the film's partisan take, Mandoki shrugs it off. "Mexico is in real trouble in terms of corruption and impunity," he says. "This has been my little grain of salt to add to the struggle for democracy in Mexico."
Mandoki's unabashedly partisan documentary, largely narrated by Lopez Obrador himself, claims a conspiracy of right-wing politicians, including then-acting president Vicente Fox and shady former president Carlos Salinas, stole the 2006 presidential election from him.
Conservative Felipe Calderon was eventually named Mexico's next president by the nation's electoral court after a legal battle and street protests by Lopez Obrador supporters.
Juan Manuel Borbolla, head of Warner Bros. Mexico, said the studio decided "Fraude" didn't have B.O. appeal. But Mandoki said Warner had buckled under pressure from its local partner, Televisa. The film alleges top Televisa execs Emilio Azcarraga Jean and Bernardo Gomez played a part in a smear campaign against Lopez Obrador in the run-up to the election. Warner shares offices with Televisa film-arm Videocine and uses the company to book its releases.
Mandoki eventually found "Fraude" distribution with indie Decine.
While some critics have blasted the film's partisan take, Mandoki shrugs it off. "Mexico is in real trouble in terms of corruption and impunity," he says. "This has been my little grain of salt to add to the struggle for democracy in Mexico."
Propaganda, just for the unconditional
nicolasito2 August 2009
The film is just an effort by an unconditional of the loser of the Mexican 2006 presidential elections to justify his defeat. All the alleged 'evidence' provided is weak since the documentary shows just anecdotal evidence. It uses eminently politicized language and images displaying carefully selected testimonies that try to convince the viewer of its truth, while failing to provide factual proof. As part of the advertising campaign the director denounced pressures not to release it, trying to increase its subversive profile, though he didn't provide proof of such pressures. The film was in fact released without incidents in 1000 Mexican theaters, as was the director's purpose, but quickly faded because of lack of interest by moviegoers.
The true about México 2006 elections!
worldscinema12 June 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This is a great documentary about the Mexican 2006 elections. This is a piece of history, it shows the facts, the evidences and the reflections to better understand what happened in Mexico's elections in 2006. It's noa a propaganda movie like other people said. This is a real document that I live like millions of Mexicans.
The film shows how some people in the Mexican politics acted in the 2006 Mexican elections for president. "The intentions of the film is not to give opinions, just show facts, things that happened, like others said; excluding visual evidences from the citizens" Luis Mandoki said. "The film will open the eyes of some, others will say this is useless, I only offer mi work". Highly recommended.
The film shows how some people in the Mexican politics acted in the 2006 Mexican elections for president. "The intentions of the film is not to give opinions, just show facts, things that happened, like others said; excluding visual evidences from the citizens" Luis Mandoki said. "The film will open the eyes of some, others will say this is useless, I only offer mi work". Highly recommended.
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