The cinema will be the place to be this weekend! At 7 p.m., May 27, at the Paragon Grove 13 theaters in Miami, Sony Music Latin artist and romantic-music legend José José will emcee an exclusive screening of For Greater Glory, starring Oscar® nominee Andy García and Golden Globe winner Eva Longoria.
This presentation of For Greater Glory is produced by the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), where Eva Longoria serves as a board member. A press conference with cast and crew follows the screening. All press is invited to attend (RSVP @ forgreaterglorypress@yahoo.com).
ABOUT THE FILM
The film’s adventure unfolds against the long-hidden, true story of the 1920s Cristero War – the daring people’s revolt that rocked 20th-century North America.
What price would you pay for freedom? In For Greater Glory, an impassioned group of men and women each make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and the very future of their country. History unfolds through the eyes of General Gorostieta (García), the retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife (Longoria) watch Mexico fall into civil war.
Yet the man who hesitates in joining the cause will soon become the resistance’s most inspiring and self-sacrificing leader, and transforms a rag-tag band of rebels into a heroic force to be reckoned with. Those he meets on the journey – youthful idealists, feisty renegades and, most of all, one remarkable teenager named José – reveal to him how courage and belief are forged even when justice seems lost.
Produced by Pablo Jose Barroso, the stellar multinational cast led by Andy García and Eva Longoria also includes the legendary Oscar® winner Peter O’Toole, rapidly rising star Oscar Isaac (Drive), recording star and actor Ruben Blades (Safe House), Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, Super 8), Nestor Carbonell (The Dark Knight Rises, “Lost”), Bruce McGill (Lincoln), Santiago Cabrera (“Heroes,” Che), Oscar®-nominated Catalina Sandino Moreno (María Full of Grace) and Eduardo Verástegui (Bella).
