El muro de Berlín desde el imaginario del director mexicano Ismael Rodríguez. La coproducción de El niño y el muro

Abstract

This article analyzes Ismael Rodriguez’s film El nino y el muro (1964) from two angles. It looks at its context and revises the history of its production. Second, the article explores through the theoretical framework of transnational cinema how the film director Ismael Rodriguez, widely acclaimed as producer of Mexican melodrama, uses this genre and his experience to interpret a social reality.