We Shall Not Be Moved (No nos moverán), the debut feature film by Mexican filmmaker Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos is a powerful reflection on the last wounds of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.
It was selected as Mexico’s official Oscar entry for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards
Inspired by the director’s own mother, it offers a moving meditation on how the wounds of political violence reverberate across generations, mirroring the collective trauma and resilience of a nation still reckoning with its history.
Starring in the film are Luisa Huertas, Rebeca Manríquez, José Alberto Patiño, Pedro Hernández, Agustina Quinci, Juan Carlos Colombo, Gabriela Aguirre and Alberto Trujillo.
We Shall Not Be Moved world premiered at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, where it won awards for Best Mexican Film and Audience Award. It received four Ariel Awards-Best First Feature, Screenplay, Actress, and Breakthrough Actor and will also represent Mexico at Spain’s Goya Awards.
It opens Friday, November 28, at Cinema Village in New York City for a one-week theatrical run, followed by additional screenings in Los Angeles, Chicago, Tucson, Houston, and other cities across the U.S.
Shot in black and white, the dark dramedy follows 67-year-old Socorro–portrayed by Luisa Huertas in a tour-de-force performance retired lawyer obsessed with finding the soldier who killed her brother during the student protests of October 2nd, 1968, when university students demanding democracy and justice were brutally repressed by government forces in Mexico City’s Plaza de las Tres Culturas.
Nearly six decades later, her lifelong fixation has strained her relationships with her sister, Esperanza, and her son Jorge. When a new clue emerges, Socorro embarks on a risky plan to avenge her brother’s death-putting her family, her legacy, and her own life in jeopardy.
“The main character, based on my mother, who has survived many tragedies with humor, was the compass for understanding that this drama had to be portrayed with humor in order to criticize the many sufferings faced by the characters, such as nostalgia and grief,” said Saint-Martin Castellano. “We made this film as a celebration of life from the darkness of the human soul. A laugh full of pain, and a tribute to hope, which, as Julio Cortázar said, does not belong to humans; ‘hope is life itself defending itself.’”
Watch the first trailer for We Shall Not Be Moved, above.
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