We Shall Not Be Moved

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Socorro (67) is a stubborn lawyer in the twilight of her life obsessed with the idea of finding the soldier that killed her brother in 1968 during the infamous “Tlatelolco massacre”. This obsession has affected her relationship with her sister Esperanza (70) and her son Jorge (45). Suddenly, she receives the missing clue to locate the military man and decides to carry out an absurd operation to avenge the death of her brother risking her legacy, her family, and her own life.

Photo credit: © Jorge A. Ramos Carrillo

Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos

Pierre SAINT-MARTIN CASTELLANOS est diplômé en Communication Sociale et en Cinéma à l’UNAM (Université de Mexico). Il a réalisé de nombreux courts-métrages présentés dans divers festivals. No nos moverán est son premier long-métrage.

Filmography

2020 – Extraños en un tren – court-métrage
2017 – ¿Y a ti qué animal te gustaría ser? – court-métrage
2013 – La ahorcadita – court-métrage documentaire

Production notes

Víctor Léycegui is a Mexico City-based producer interested in director-driven films focused on social and cultural processes, and in continuous search for co-productions and emerging talent. He is executive producer of Selva trágica, premiered at Venice International Film Festival. He also produced The Gasoline Thieves, winner of Best New Narrative Award at Tribeca Film Festival and Best Movie at Sitges Film Festival in 2019, amongst others.

Support

The script has been selected for the Morelia-Sundance Screenplay Lab and we have also received help from the Mexican government through the FOCINE fund to produce this film. We are currently waiting to hear from the following financing entities: FOCINE POSTPRODUCCION (Mexican government) VISIONS SUD EST PROCINE (a small fund dedicated to postproduction from Mexico City).

Original title: No nos moverán
Direction: Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos (Premier film)
Country: Mexique
Scenario: Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos & Iker Compean Leroux
Picture: César Gutiérrez Miranda
Cutting: Roberto Bolado
Actors: Luisa Huertas (Socorro), Rebeca Manríquez (Esperanza), José Alberto Patiño (Siddartha), Pedro Hernández (Jorge), Agustina Quinci (Lucía), Juan Carlos Colombo (Candiani)
Spoken language: Array
Production: Varios Lobos