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For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada

  • 20122012
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  • 2h 25m
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Andy Garcia, Peter O'Toole, Eva Longoria, and Oscar Isaac in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
17,091
1,703
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    • Director
      • Dean Wright
    • Writer
      • Michael Love
    • Stars
      • Andy Garcia
      • Oscar Isaac
      • Catalina Sandino Moreno
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Dean Wright
    • Writer
      • Michael Love
    • Stars
      • Andy Garcia
      • Oscar Isaac
      • Catalina Sandino Moreno
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 75User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 9 nominations

    Videos2

    U.S. Version
    Trailer 2:32
    U.S. Version
    Cristiada
    Trailer 2:12
    Cristiada

    Photos13

    Mauricio Kuri in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    Andy Garcia and Mauricio Kuri in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    Santiago Cabrera in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    Santiago Cabrera in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    Mauricio Kuri in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    Carlos Álvarez in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    Andy Garcia and Mauricio Kuri in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
    EDUARDO VERASTEGUI, IN THE SET OF THE FILM CRISTIADA.
    Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, and Santiago Cabrera in For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)

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    Andy Garcia
    Andy Garcia
    • Enrique Gorostieta
    Oscar Isaac
    Oscar Isaac
    • Victoriano 'El Catorce' Ramirez
    Catalina Sandino Moreno
    Catalina Sandino Moreno
    • Adriana
    Santiago Cabrera
    Santiago Cabrera
    • Father Vega
    Adrian Alonso
    Adrian Alonso
    • Lalo
    Rubén Blades
    Rubén Blades
    • President Calles
    Eduardo Verástegui
    Eduardo Verástegui
    • Anacleto Gonzales Flores
    Patricia Garza
    • Fernanda Gonzales Flores
    Alan Ramirez
    • Gustavo Gonzales Flores
    Estefania Alejandra
    • Yolanda Gonzales Flores
    Raúl Adalid
    • Father Robles
    Peter O'Toole
    Peter O'Toole
    • Father Christopher
    Nestor Carbonell
    Nestor Carbonell
    • Mayor Picazo
    Erando González
    • La Guada
    Jorge Luis Moreno
    Jorge Luis Moreno
    • Pablo
    Ignacio Guadalupe
    Ignacio Guadalupe
    • Bishop Pascual Diaz
    Eva Longoria
    Eva Longoria
    • Tulita Gorostieta
    Fernanda Urdapilleta
    • Sandra Gorostieta
    • (as María Fernanda Urdapilleta)
    • Director
      • Dean Wright
    • Writer
      • Michael Love
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    • Trivia
      Partially financed by the Knights of Columbus, whose members in both the United States and Mexico were an integral part of the actual Cristeros Rebellion.
    • Goofs
      Jose gives up his white horse to another christero during a battle and hides in the rocks. When the other christero comes back to look for Jose, he is on a brown horse.
    • Quotes

      Father Christopher: Who are you if you don't stand up for what you believe? There is no greater glory than to give your life for Christ.

    • Crazy credits
      Near the end of the credits, "Batman" is credited as a painter.

    User reviews75

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    The film For Greater Glory presents a distorted version of the Cristero War (1926-1929)
    The film hijacks a complex social conflict and turns it into a David and Goliath story of good guys versus bad. In so doing, it whitewashes the historically reactionary role of the Catholic Church in Mexico. One cannot imagine how such an approach would convince or educate any viewer, including those not at all familiar with the history of this conflict. As befits a one-dimensional propaganda film, the performances are mostly flat and cartoonish.

    It is ironic that a movie that purports to represent a popular struggle in defense of religion pointedly ignores the main protagonists: the peasants themselves, both as individuals and in their collective action. Throughout the movie, neither the peasant forces, nor the government soldiers that are sent against them are ever depicted as real human beings.

    This movie's celebration of faith and charisma—reduced to the cry 'Long Live Christ the King!'—is a crude effort to obscure the underlying class conflicts that gave rise to the real Cristeros, a social movement that is not widely understood .... Victorious in the Mexican Revolution, the Constitutionalist Army, led by Venustiano Carranza, Álvaro Obregón and Calles, had defeated the peasant armies of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. The new regime was incapable of resolving a central issue over which the Revolution had been fought, the redistribution of land.

    The slow and erratic pace of land distribution under Carranza, Obregón and Calles confirmed to the peasantry the military government's timidity in confronting the large and powerful landowners. The immense properties of the church constituted an important source of economic stagnation and social instability. Efforts in the 19th century to force the church to rent out its land to others, let alone to surrender ownership, met with fierce opposition.

    According to historian Jesús Silva Herzog the peasantry and the working class confronted a "demonic triumvirate:" the great landowners, the military, and the Church. "Three tragic words define Mexican history: haciendas, sacristy and barracks." Lacking a revolutionary party and isolated from the workers, the rebellion of Mexican peasants was hobbled by the Catholic Church. Desperate peasant and Indians threw themselves into battle during the Cristero War ideologically imprisoned by Catholic dogma.

    Had the Cristero War merely pitted the government of President Calles against the Catholic establishment, it is unlikely that the unprecedented brutality—the mass repression of peasants, the burning and looting of their towns—would have taken place. Historically, ruling classes reserve this kind of gross brutality to the rebellion of the most oppressed: peasants, workers or slaves.
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    • Release date
      • June 1, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • For Greater Glory
    • Filming locations
      • San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Dos Corazones Films
      • NewLand Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,672,846
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,885,608
      • Jun 3, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,173,682
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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