Dance of the Forty One

Dance of the Forty One

202099 min7.8 / 10

A melancholic historical drama about a 1901 police raid on a gay gathering in Mexico City that exposes the collision between desire, power, and social prejudice in Porfirian Mexico.

Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.

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