--- title: '499 (2020)' type: 'film' director: 'Rodrigo Reyes' released: '2020-04-15' runtime_minutes: 87 genres: - 'Documentary' - 'Drama' - 'Fantasy' countries: - 'Mexico' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/499-2020' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10149938/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # 499 (2020) 2020 · 87 min · Documentary, Drama, Fantasy · Mexico ## Synopsis 499 is a 2020 docudrama film straddling documentary and fiction, directed by Rodrigo Reyes. The film is a creative exploration of the legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico, 500 years after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. The film had its international premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the best cinematography award in the documentary competition, as well as winning the Special Jury Award at Hot Docs the same year. It also won the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Golden Frog Prize for Best Docudrama. ## Credits - **Director:** [Rodrigo Reyes](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodrigo-reyes) - **Screenplay:** [Rodrigo Reyes](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodrigo-reyes), [Lorena Padilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorena-padilla) - **Original Music Composer:** [Pablo Mondragón](https://cinepixo.com/people/pablo-mondragon) - **Producer:** [Carter Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-logan), [Steve Holmgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-holmgren), [Inti Cordera](https://cinepixo.com/people/inti-cordera), [Andrew Houchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-houchens) - **Director of Photography:** [Alejandro Mejía](https://cinepixo.com/people/alejandro-mejia) - **Editor:** [Andrea Chignoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-chignoli), [Daniel Chávez Ontiveros](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-chavez-ontiveros) ## Cast - [Eduardo San Juan Breña](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-san-juan-brena) as The Conquistador ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.cinemaguild.com/theatrical/499.html Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/499-2020 Film facts: Wikidata (Q91259953); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.