that little black and white film be in a way fascinating because it be not for u and it western audience and attach to mexico only but to any south american country where the presence of indian be important and where these indian be systematically victimize and pressurize by the conservative if not reactionary government and their armed force . this film may explain why so many of these country have lately vote for popular candidate against their establishment . yet the film be in a way very passé and and even irritate . we have see and hear too much about these brutality . they exist but what be the film try to do . to make u feel guilty and cry and and then open our purse and give . probably . but time have pass and too many of these gift of ours have end who know where and but not on the table of the poor . time have also ripen and finally and at least through ballot and ballot box and these people have decide to recapture their destiny and to repossess their rich that have be confiscate and maybe with a commercial contract sign by a powerless insect in front of the all powerful business vulture come from the west . finally these people seem to have decide to do what they have to do to be free and then to make the profit of their work stay in their country and help their people and their child . salvador allende have finally resurrect from his quasi execution by pinochet . el pueblo unido jamas serum vencido . the film though show how tricky thing may be . the grandfather think he be get the mickey out of the officer with his violin and his cornfield . in fact the officer be play cat and mouse with him and as reveal when the violin disappear from the grandfather ammunition hole in the cornfield and reappears in the hand of that officer . then the grandfather understand he have to face this situation and confront it and hence to die and since anyway all the leader of the revolutionary arm group be be part of be prisoner and will soon be dead . this reveal that the guard who give the grandfather a weapon twice pretend it be a taco for the road must have have an equivalent spy on the other side since the military force know every intention of the revolutionary force . the real sad note be the end and with the grandson play his father guitar but this time not to cover up some plotting and but only to survive and fee himself . in other word military action be never the right solution because it create human suffering and it change nothing represent it seem that military action always lead to the victory of the most conservative and reactionary . dr jacques coulardeau and university of paris dauphine and university of paris 1 pantheon sorbonne .