La Mera Frontera
1997, English. Directed by Louis Hock.
"La Mera Frontera" is a meditation on the border and memory which takes as its point of departure the last battle between the United States and Mexico. In 1918, neighbors from the border towns of Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora shot at each other for a day. Among the many citizens who lay dead was Maria Esquivel, who "returns" in the present to interview surviving witnesses, all now 80 to 90 years old. As a stymied historical detective Maria wrestles with the failure of Nogales' citizens' accounts to coalesce or recollect her and her absence in the local archives and films. Unable to uncover her past, Maria takes history into her own hands.
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- 1h 29m
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- 6 January 1997
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La Mera Frontera runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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La Mera Frontera isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 January 1997. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed La Mera Frontera?
La Mera Frontera (1997) was directed by Louis Hock.