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Passion Island
MEXICO · 1942

Passion Island

Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Mexican Revolution military occupation colonial administration isolated island political upheaval
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Synopsis

1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After the outbreak of the revolution, the island becomes administered by the government of France, events that in principle go unnoticed by the islanders.

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