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{{Infobox film
| name = Cristiada
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| director = [[Dean Wright]]
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| writer = [[Michael James Love]]
| starring = [[Andy Garcia]]<br>[[Eva Longoria]]<br>[[Eduardo Verastegui]]<br>[[Peter O'Toole]]
| music = [[James Horner]]
| cinematography = [[Eduardo Martinez Solares]]
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| studio = NewLand Films
| distributor = ARC Entertainment (USA)<br>[[20th Century Fox]] (Mexico/non-USA)
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| country = {{Film Mexico}}
| language = English
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'''''Cristiada''''' (also titled '''''For Greater Glory''''') is an upcoming drama film and historic epic<ref name="'Cristiada' welcomed in Durango">Young, James, [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118023151.html?categoryId=2520&cs=1 "''Cristiada'' welcomed in Durango"], August 21, 2010, ''Variety''</ref> directed by [[Dean Wright]] and written by Michael Love, based on the true story of the [[Cristero War]] (1926-29), a rebellion which arose out of the [[Mexico|Mexican]] government's persecution of [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] in the 1920s.<ref>Joes, Anthony James, [http://books.google.com/books?id=buHXFDFdeoQC&dq Resisting Rebellion], p. 68,4, The Univ. Press of Kentucky 2006: "The Cristero movement, called by Mexicans 'La Cristiada’, fought against religious persecution by the regime in Mexico City."</ref><ref>Edmonds-Poli,Emily and David A. Shirk [http://books.google.com/books?id=GpnqRh-0cPgC&dq Contemporary Mexican politics], p. 51, Rowman & Littlefield 2009: "Growing outrage at government restrictions and continued persecution of the clergy led to a series of uprisings in central Mexico known collectively as the Cristero rebellion."</ref><ref>Chand, Vikram K., [http://books.google.com/books?id=pMIOAAAAYAAJ&q Mexico's political awakening], p.153, Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 2001: “In 1926, the Catholic hierarchy had responded to government persecution by suspending Mass, which was then followed by the eruption of the Cristero War…”</ref><ref> Bethel, Leslie, [http://books.google.com/books?id=9CmEcJgHqzsC&dq Cambridge History of Latin America], p. 593, Cambridge Univ. Press: “The Revolution had finally crushed Catholicism and driven it back inside the churches, and there it stayed, still persecuted, throughout the 1930s and beyond” </ref><ref>Ruiz, Ramón Eduardo [Triumps and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People], p. 355, W. W. Norton & Company 1993: referring to the period: “With ample cause, the church saw itself as persecuted.” </ref> Although filmed in Mexico, it is in [[English language|English]].<ref> [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/eduardo-verastegui-to-play-mexican-martyr-in-cristiada Eduardo Verastegui to play Mexican martyr in ''Cristiada''], October 7, 2010, Catholic News Agency </ref> The film is the directorial debut for Wright, veteran visual effects supervisor on films including ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' (2002) and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'' (2003).<ref name="'Cristiada' welcomed in Durango"/>

==Cast==
* [[Andy Garcia]] as [[Enrique Gorostieta Velarde]]
* [[Eva Longoria]] as Tulita<ref name="cast cristiada">{{cite web|title=Cast of ''Cristiada''|url=http://www.cristiadafilm.com|accessdate=18 July 2011}}</ref>
* [[Peter O'Toole]] as Father Christopher
* [[Bruce Greenwood]] as Ambassador [[Dwight Morrow]]
* [[Oscar Isaac]] as Victoriano 'El Catorce' Ramirez
* [[Bruce McGill]]
* [[Nestor Carbonell]] as Mayor Picazo
* [[Catalina Sandino Moreno]] as Adriana
* [[Santiago Cabrera]] as Father Vega
* [[Eduardo Verástegui]] as [[Anacleto González Flores]]
* [[Rubén Blades]] as President [[Plutarco Elías Calles]]
* [[Adrian Alonso]] as Lalo
* [[Joaquín Garrido]] as Minister Amaro
* [[Karyme Lozano]] as Doña María del Río
* [[Alma Martinez]] as Señora Vargas
* [[Andrés Montiel]] as Florentino Vargas

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.cristiadafilm.com/}}
*{{IMDb title|1566501|Cristiada}}

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[[Category:Cristero War]]
[[Category:Mexican films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Films about priests]]
[[Category:2010s drama films]]
[[Category:Catholic films]]
[[Category:War epic films]]
[[Category:Films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Films directed by Dean Wright]]
[[Category:Upcoming films]]

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