Machera, A Robin Hood from Merida

2008 • Directed by

Charles Martínez

Documentary

A documentary with elements of fiction that explores the myth around the character of Luis Enrique Cerrada Molina (1956-1977), the most popular miraculous dead man of the Andean city of Mérida, who lived as a criminal, who was famous for sharing the haul with the poor people of the barrios and the city and for being riddled with bullets in a well-known confrontation with law enforcement officers.