Zapata: The dream of a hero (2004): Cast

A fictionalized portrait of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, that became the most expensive Mexican film ever made. It launched with a massive advertising campaign and recorded the largest opening weekend in the nation’s history. Unusually for Mexican cinema, the project was financed independently.

• Director Alfonso Arau

• AF Alejandro Fernández as Emiliano Zapata
• Jaime Camil as Eufemio Zapata
• Fernando Becerril as Presidente Francisco Madero
• JO Jesús Ochoa as Victoriano Huerta

• A Painted House 2003
• The Magnificent Ambersons 2002

Also known as

• Zapata: El sueño de un héroe