Octavio Paz

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 31, 1914 (111 years old)
Death date
Apr 19, 1998

Octavio Paz

Known For

The Mayor
1h 21m
Movie 2012

The Mayor

The film tells the story of Mauricio Fernandez, mayor of the wealthiest municipality in Latin America, located in the North of Mexico. He presents himself as a polemical figure who takes justice into his own hands in order to "clean" his municipality of the drug cartels' presence. Mauricio is a key character to better understand the present situation in Mexico and through the unusual views of this politician, the audience will be a privileged witnesses of an scenario where political tasks and excessive violence mingle with one another.

El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo
0h 55m
Movie 2007

El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo

Documentary about life and works Salvador Elizondo, a Mexican writer regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental and intelligent style literature in Latin America.

Biography

Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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