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| Directed by | Felipe Cazals |
| Screenplay by | Xavier Robles |
| Based on | A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe The Just Assassins by Albert Camus |
| Produced by | Héctor López |
| Starring | Humberto Zurita María Rojo José Carlos Ruiz Manuel Ojeda |
| Cinematography | Daniel López |
| Edited by | Rafael Ceballos |
| Music by | Leonardo Velázquez |
| Distributed by | IMCINE |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Bajo la metralla (English: Under the shrapnel) is a 1983 Mexican thriller film directed by Felipe Cazals. It tells the story of a guerilla group that hides in a safe house with a hostage after a failed attack on a government official. The film is loosely based on the play The Just Assassins by Albert Camus.[1]
The film received the 1984 Ariel Awards for Best Picture, Director, Best Actor for Humberto Zurita and Best Editing for Rafael Ceballos. It was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Beatriz Marín), Best Music and Best Set Design.[2]
- ^ "Bajo la metralla". Cine Mexicano (in Spanish). Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. Archived from the original on 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ "Nominados y Ganadores: "Bajo la metralla"". Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Retrieved 2016-05-28.[permanent dead link]