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''FRANCE IS NOT AT WAR WITH YOU,
BUT THE EMPIRE.

''YOU AND I ARE FIGHTING AGAINST
THE EMPIRE,

''YOU, IN YOUR COUNTRY,
I, IN EXILE.

''BRAVE MEXICAN MEN, RESIST.

''THE ATTACK AGAINST
THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO

''IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ATTACK
AGAINST THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.''

VICTOR HUGO

Firing squad, ready!

Aim!

Fire!

AFTER LONG YEARS OF FIGHTING,
''THE WAR OF REFORM'' IS OVER,

AS BENITO JUAREZ
AND HIS LIBERAL ARMY

DEFEAT THE CONSERVATIVE FORCES.

THE COUNTRY IS DEVASTATED
AND IN BANKRUPTCY.

PRESIDENT JUAREZ
IS FORCED TO SUSPEND

THE PAYMENT OF THE EXTERNAL DEBT.

THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERS FLEE
TO EUROPE

LOOKING FOR SUPPORT
TO THEIR CAUSE,

MEANWHILE, IN MEXICO,
THEY TRY TO REGROUP THEIR ARMY...

PARIS, FRANCE, 1861

Is it your first time in France?

Yes, indeed. We came here
because the Emperor invited us.

-Mr. Juan Nepomuceno AImonte?
-Yes.

Mr. Gutierrez Estrada,

and Mr. Jose Maria HidaIgo?

His ImperiaI Majesty NapoIeon III,

Emperor of France, wiII receive you now.

I have been informed about your project

to estabIish a French monarchy in Mexico.

Interesting.

President Juarez
has announced the suspension

of payments of the externaI debt.

This is the perfect excuse.

Spain and EngIand
are very annoyed, too.

One way or another,
we have their support.

I wiII send my troops,
commanded by Count of Lorencez.

It is a great honor,
Your Highness.

Give him your support
in Mexico.

Wise decision, Your ExceIIency.

-Thank...
-Enough.

This way, gentIemen.

Remember, GeneraI,

our victory must be
fast and bIunt.

Your Highness,

Mexico wiII be no rivaI for us.
In a month, it wiII be ours.

After that, take the troops to our
aIIies of the U.S. Confederate Army.

As we agreed.

With our support,

they wiII defeat LincoIn's army,
without a doubt.

GeneraI, one step at a time.

Mexico wiII be ours,

and the United States
wiII be divided.

The future beIongs to the French Empire.

VERACRUZ HARBOR,
MEXICO, 1862

CorporaI.

Artemio?

-Wake up!
-What's going on?

Look.

We have to inform Captain Leon.
You wait here.

France, EngIand and Spain.

-Those are battIeships.
-BattIeships?

-Captain, what is going on?
-Don't you see?

They're invading us.

-What are we going to do?
-What do you think?

-We won't Iet them in aIive.
-Are you crazy? Put that down!

You wiII get us in troubIe,
Iike you aIways do.

They are stiII far, you idiot.
Don't be a coward.

We have already protested
and invaders have stopped.

Minister DobIado,

begin dipIomatic negotiations immediateIy.

I wiII, Mr. President.

We are confident that
the weapon of reason wiII avoid

a greater bIoodshed.

Don't expect a country

to move its troops to another continent
and come back empty-handed.

We have to get ready for the worst.

Our miIitary forces are inferior.

Mr. President, we don't have the resources
to transport and feed our troops.

ExactIy. That is why

we have to use reason

and strategy,

not in order to attack them,

but to defend ourseIves.

Let's hope we don't have to fight
against those three countries.

That

wiII depend mostIy on you, Minister.

You wiII be the right hand
of this nation.

However, we must get
the Ieft hand ready as weII.

I don't understand, Mr. President.

I sent the generaI in charge of the defense
his designation.

-Who is he?
-Our war secretary.

General Lgnacio Zaragoza.

Ignacio.

You have to go.

I wiII be fine.

I wiII Iook out for you from there.

For whatever you may need.

Don't Iet them take
our country from us.

I won't.

I swear.

GeneraI Prim,
these conditions are unacceptabIe!

This infernaI weather
is breaking our soIdiers!

They throw up aII the time!

We have to order the Mexican government
to aIIow us to take our troops

inside the country,
where the weather is Iess harmfuI.

We cannot order them, but we couId ask
for their permission, as a goodwiII gesture.

We French don't ask
for anyone's permission!

-Before our whoIe troops get sick...
-I remind you that you are not aIone.

France, Spain and EngIand are aIIies,
aII decisions must be made in common.

-We must be carefuI.
-CarefuI? About what?

The Mexican government shouId not
take our request Iike a menace.

As if our troops were moving forward.

We have to show them our goodwiII.

Let us hope for a decent answer
from our Mexican friends.

Friends?

Okay, then.
But take us out of this heII, GeneraI Prim!

Give him some water!

Take him to the shade. Dismissed.

-How many do we have?
-Sixty, Captain.

So, you are coming with us, ma'am?

Of course!

My husband, God save his souI,
was a soIdier,

and now it's our turn to heIp
our troops, isn't it?

Maybe the French wiII come
to harm us and then what wouId we do?

What are you doing with that cannon?

It's stuck, Captain.

-Don't worry, we are puIIing it out, right?
-Yeah!

-Hurry up!
-Yes!

-Wait, Juan.
-What?

I'II heIp the Iady.

-Here.
-Oh, thanks.

Thanks.

Let me heIp you.

Thank you.

You're weIcome.

Here.

Come on, Juan! Hurry!

We need to get the cannon
out of the mud!

Wait!

We have to heIp the Iady, right? Wait!

If I wore a skirt, wouId you heIp me
with the cannon?

No, I... I'm sorry, Captain!

Hurry up!

-CitIaIi!
-Yes?

-What are you doing?
-Nothing, aunt.

-Come on, hurry up!
-Yes, yes.

Minister Doblado, please understand that
we are here to help the Mexican people.

We onIy want your debt
with us to be guaranteed.

GeneraI, you are speaking for
Mr. SaIigny and Commodore DunIop.

I wouId appreciate it if you sent these
words to President Juarez in writing.

Yes, indeed.

We are going to send it
to Mexico City immediateIy.

We shouId send our troops instead.

I don't speak French,
but I understand it perfectIy.

And I see aII those soIdiers
who arrived from so far, with you.

-More than we agreed, GeneraI.
-It's just for protection.

For protection?

Or for expIoration?

As you know, our troops are at the port
suffering from bIack vomit.

For your peace of mind, we wiII send
haIf of them back to Veracruz.

WeII, now that we understand each other
Iike the gentIemen that we are,

pIease aIIow me to offer you a cigar.

Now we understand each other.

We don't have whiskey,
but we can get you a fine tequiIa.

Mexican beer wiII do. Thank you.

Return to the port?

We wiII take some other route.

Lieutenant Fauvet,
those are not SaIigny's orders.

Sergeant Vache,

we are miIitary men and we have
to expIore enemy territory.

Those are my orders,
are you against them?

Aim!

Fire!

Attention!

TerribIe, gentIemen!
You don't act Iike soIdiers!

If you don't want to be one,
get out of here!

Ignacio,

I have bad news.

Give me that.

President Juarez aIso sent
a statement from GeneraI Prim,

who is in charge
of the Spanish deIegation.

According to Prim, they are here to demand
satisfaction for our past affronts

and get guarantees for the future.

What affronts?

They are here to get
their money the nasty way.

We are not ready to resist an attack.

Take the troops, cavaIry
and suppIies to ChaIchicomuIa.

Order Oaxaca Division to move forward.

Here.

GeneraI Porfirio Diaz, too.

They are our best men.

What are you waiting for, MigueI?

Am I not cIear?

I have more bad news.

It's your wife.

RafaeIa died yesterday
of pneumonia.

I'm reaIIy sorry, brother.

If there is something
I can do for you...

-Maybe you shouId go to...
-We have no time.

If we don't take action now,
we wiII have more deaths to regret.

Virgen de la Candelaria.

I saw her on my way through
Canary IsIand.

And I find her here,
across the AtIantic Ocean.

In Mexico, Iike in Spain,
there are pious peopIe, GeneraI.

ActuaIIy, we just ceIebrated her festivity,
on February the 2nd.

AIthough I'm far from my homeIand,
I feeI it so cIose.

I'm deIighted to see
how simiIar our countries are.

And I am deIighted that our simiIarities
put us on the path of peace.

I don't see any obstacIe to that.

I know war pretty weII.

And the pain
and the sorrow that it brings.

So, if I can avoid it...

It is a wise and nobIe thought,
GeneraI Prim.

WeII, they must have
finished writing the treaty.

ShaII we caII it ''La Soledad, ''
Iike this hacienda?

AII right, Minister.

One month Iater...

CharIes Ferdinand LatriIIe,
Count of Lorencez.

I'm Ianding with eight battIeships
and 5,000 armed men

at the service of the French Empire.

I don't understand, why bring in
more troops and a war commander?

With aII due respect, Count.

BeIieve it or not, GeneraI Prim,
we came here

because our Mexican friends
invited us.

GeneraI Prim,

-it is an honor, sir.
-GeneraI AImonte,

we hadn't met,

but I know who you are.

What is wrong with you, Lieutenant Fauvet?
We are weIcoming our war chief!

My respects, GeneraI.

SaIigny, pIease forgive him.

I have known Lieutenant Fauvet
for a Iong time.

He is tough, sometimes excessive,

but efficient.

I have to give you this
urgentIy, GeneraI.

These are the updated geographic charts,
from the coast to Orizaba.

Excuse me, gentIemen,
but aII this is not necessary.

You are right, GeneraI Prim.

It wouId be enough

if someone couId teII me
where I can find President Juarez

to personaIIy demand
the payment of the debt.

I am gathering aII Conservative forces
and we'II join the French.

That peasant Juarez is gathering his
best men, ammunition and gunpowder

in ChaIchicomuIa,
in order to resist an attack.

We have to stop them.

Don't worry about that,
GeneraI Marquez.

We won't Iet you down.

You better not.

You know what wouId happen to you.

-Get out.
-Yes, GeneraI.

ChaIchicomuIa,
State of PUEBLA

Troop, stop!

GeneraI AIvarez,

we were waiting for you.
We come from Perote.

Okay, you wiII join Oaxaca Division.

-We are 1,200 men.
-It wiII be an honor, GeneraI.

We wiII rest at the barracks,

but the ammunition and gunpowder
must be carried to the prefecture.

Yes, GeneraI.

Hurry up, it wiII rain soon.

It's the Oaxaca Division! They are
the heroes of '47 and the War of Reform.

They're our best men!

Those fucking Europeans
won't even know what hit them!

Look, Juan!
There is that pretty girI.

Which one?
What was her name?

I think it was CitIaIi.

What? Make a fierce face
and pretend to be a tough guy.

-Stick your chest out!
-Like this?

Yeah!

Let's go.

GeneraI AImonte's Ianding taunts
the work of the Iast months.

It is not honorabIe
that France supports this.

AImonte,

MoreIos' son,

their independence hero

wants a European empire,

Iike many other Mexicans.

Those who Iive there,
the exiIed ones.

His presence is the appIe of discord
with the Mexican government.

GentIemen, Mexico has been a repubIic
for the Iast 40 years.

They fought to get rid of a monarchy.

Why wouId they want another one?

We have to march over Mexico.

Such is the wiII of the Mexican aristocracy
and the French Empire!

But it is not the wiII
of Spain and EngIand!

That wouId vioIate
''La Soledad Treaty''!

And our aIIiance, the Treaty of London!

Lighten up, guys!
RepIacements are coming!

They're getting the chow ready.

President Juarez's government
has been despotic and tyrannicaI.

Not onIy towards its citizens,
but towards the French

and the Spaniards who Iive here,
and you know it, Prim!

I onIy know that we have signed
agreements and given our word!

GeneraI, you know an agreement between
nations can't be broken just Iike that!

GentIemen,

I just foIIow the Emperor's orders.

I am here as
a miIitary commander.

Your poIiticaI issues
are none of my business.

The Mexican government is wiIIing
to meet our requests,

but they won't aIIow
any menace to their sovereignty.

Have something to eat.

Here.

-Thanks.
-Look.

WouId you Iike some
beans and tortiIIas?

-Okay.
-Yeah.

-Hey!
-Yes?

Where are you from?

-Why do you want to know?
-Yes, why?

WeII, just because...

I'm from Orizaba.

Right by the voIcano.

I see.

We are from CuetzaIan, right?

It's in the mountains.

-Do you know where it is?
-Yeah.

-CitIaIi!
-Yes!

There are more beans back there,
in the hut. Share them out.

-It's too far, aunt!
-Come on, don't be Iazy!

Come, there is no pIace
to sit here.

-Hey!
-Okay.

I ask you to reconsider your position
for the sake of our nations' aIIiance!

Or we shaII break it
and have our troops retreat!

Don't you see?
This wouId mean war!

So, we made our decision.

We wiII march over Mexico.

Aunt!

Aunt!

Watch out, Juan!

Look for more wounded!

Someone blew the gunpowder up.

The Oaxaca Division,

our best men,

they are all dead.

AIong with hundreds
of women and chiIdren.

Dark times are coming
for Mexico.

GeneraI Zaragoza!

Attention!

CitIaIi, the GeneraI is coming.

GeneraI Zaragoza.

At ease.

-How many casuaIties?
-More than 1,500, GeneraI.

SoIdiers, women and chiIdren.
And many more are injured.

What about the ammunition?

We Iost aImost aII our weapons.

AIso the gunpowder
and aII our horses.

Having you here
is an honor, GeneraI.

The GeneraI is here.

The GeneraI!

Are you trained nurses?

No, GeneraI.

We Iive on the surroundings
and we are just heIping.

We aIso Iost some of our reIatives.

I know you're in mourning.

But you wiII deIiver an important service
to our homeIand if you go with the troops.

Go where, GeneraI?

PuebIa.

We'II defend ourseIves there.

GeneraI.

The Oaxaca Division is finished.

They are aII dead.

We are outnumbered.

We won't have enough time
to reinforce our troops.

That's why we need
to buy some time

and find better
conditions to our defense.

We wiII try to hoId them back on
the crossing of the AcuItzingo Summit.

General Prim has behaved with honor.

But his efforts to avoid a war
have not been enough.

We have to take
extreme measures

and face a war.

We must beIieve

that our struggIe is fair.

At the moment
that the Mexican government,

faithfuI to the commitments
that it has acquired...

A curfew will be imposed.

Mexicans will have to abandon the cities
that the French army may occupy.

Watch out!

No Mexican man
between the ages of 20 to 60

will be exempt
from taking up arms.

Otherwise, they will be punished
like traitors.

CitIaIi?

How are you?

Fine.

So, you are coming to PuebIa.

Yes.

I want to thank you

for taking care of me.

You don't have to.

I did it for everyone.

Are you feeIing better,
by the way?

Yes, much better.

Stop that!

Go away!

Here.

It's for you.

-I can't accept this!
-HoId on!

This cross has taken care of me.

Just Iike you did.

It's the onIy way that
I can thank you.

So take it, pIease.

In fact, here.

It's very pretty.
Thank you very much.

-You're weIcome.
-You are Juan, aren't you?

Attention, Iet them pass!
It's a GeneraI.

Present saber!

GeneraI Leonardo Marquez.

I've come to put my army at NapoIeon III
and the French Empire's disposaI.

Here he is.
The ''Tiger of Tacubaya.''

GeneraI, it's an honor
to have you among us.

It's time to settIe things
with that usurper Juarez

and his pathetic LiberaI army.

Mr. Dubois de SaIigny, ambassador

and French poIitician.

-At your service, Mr. SaIigny.
-Thank you, GeneraI.

PIease.

We have heard terribIe
things about you.

Excuse me?

They say you are a tiger
on the battIefieId

and that you eat
your enemies aIive.

A tiger who Iikes to eat LiberaI men.

ExactIy.

This is exactIy what we need

to strangIe Juarez's army.

I have 7,000 men.
They're ready to march over them.

7,000? WeII, you accompIished
your task, GeneraI.

We have prepared a IittIe reception
so you can sit and discuss with

our war chief, the Count of Lorencez.

This way, pIease.

We wiII pass through
the AcuItzingo Summit.

It is the fastest way
to get to PuebIa.

And the most dangerous one,
GeneraI Lorencez, if I might add.

That fieId couId be favorabIe
for the enemy.

Yes...

But we are the French army.

My men are on the other side,
near AtIixco.

My proposaI is to move forward
in paraIIeI, to surround them.

GeneraI Marquez,

do you have any avaiIabIe cavaIry?

Yes, indeed.

ExceIIent!

Our horses are in bad shape.

We didn't find any water
or food on our way.

So we had to Ieave most of them
in order to save them.

They don't have cavaIry either.

Most of their horses
died in ChaIchicomuIa.

And we have not onIy
French soIdiers...

But aIso African,
AIgerian, Bedouin.

Let's say
they're a IittIe bit savage.

Then it is aII settIed, gentIemen.

-Long Iive the Mexican monarchy!
-Vive la France!

Lieutenant Fauvet,

escort GeneraI Marquez.

Yes, GeneraI.

After that,

set up an advanced party

on the other side
of our Iine of attack.

Fine, GeneraI.

When wiII we meet again, GeneraI?

WeII,

I'II see you on the battIefieId.

-At your command, GeneraI.
-We are counting on you, GeneraI.

I'II see you in PuebIa, gentIemen.

Hurry up or I'II see you
when we enter Mexico City.

Or the United States.

AcuItzingo Summit

ApriI the 28th

Aim!

Fire!

Fire!

SoIdiers!

Today we are going to die
for our homeIand.

But many more Frenchmen
wiII die, too.

Forward!

Come on!

-Attack them!
-To the horsemen!

Attack them!

Get ready!

ArtiIIery, artiIIery!

Fire!

Let's go!

Don't take any prisoner!
KiII them aII!

Attack them!

God damn it!

Arteaga.

GeneraI Porfirio Diaz.

At you service, GeneraI.

The enemy is moving forward, even though
they have more casuaIties than we do.

We estimate 10 of them have
died for each one of ours, GeneraI.

StiII...

Night wiII faII soon,
it wiII favor our withdrawaI.

WithdrawaI, sir? From this position,
we can resist and attack them.

Porfirio, from the beginning,
I knew this position was Iost.

We are moving to PuebIa,
and you wiII cover our backs. Understood?

Yes, GeneraI.
I am at your command.

They are not going to pass,
untiI the Iast man has withdrawn.

You, go to the points
where our troops are.

I need you to inform them
what happened here.

-Move!
-Yes, GeneraI!

We wiII bareIy have time
to prepare our defense.

Fire!

FinaIIy!

Victory.

This is just the preIude of what
is going to happen in PuebIa.

Retreat!

Protect the retreat!

Cannon number one, fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Gather around!
Gather around!

ShouId we foIIow him?

That's not necessary.
He wiII sureIy die.

Besides, the terrain is sheer, Sergeant.

WiII these work?

They worked in '47.

We'II onIy shoot twice anyway.

Before the third shot,
we wiII be in a hand-to-hand combat.

Yeah.

Hey!

Are you okay?

I am thirsty.

I am starving,
and I am coId.

I am tired.

Artemio, I am fed up.

We are just fIeeing, aren't we?

What did you expect? Our best men died
and there's no ammunition.

That's the point.
What are we doing here?

-Don't you see it is impossibIe?
-What is?

What? Defeating the French!

What are you taIking about?

-Doctor!
-I'm here!

What happened?

I bring news from AcuItzingo.

The French defeated us.

-They seized that position.
-How many are they?

Around 6,000.

GeneraI Zaragoza orders
to go faster,

to reach PuebIa

as soon as possibIe.

CaIm down.

CaIm down.

Your name.
What is your name?

There's nothing we can do.

This horse is exhausted.

You two,

bury this man.

I...

I'm done, Artemio.

What do you mean?

I'm quitting.

Tomorrow I'm going back
to our hometown, or anywhere.

Are you going to desert?

Don't be an idiot,
if they catch you, they'II shoot you!

So what?

If we stay,
the French wiII kiII us anyway.

Like this man here.

TeII me, who is the idiot?

Fucking coward!

What's your probIem?

What's going on?

I brought you some water.

-It's okay.
-No, it's not okay.

TeII her you want to Ieave.

That you are afraid of the French.

I don't want to die for no reason.
That's aII.

Die Iike a man,
by defending our homeIand.

Our homeIand?

Nothing beIongs to us!
Artemio, why don't you understand?

If I had some Iand,
a famiIy and chiIdren...

But I can't have them if I'm dead.

I don't know about you,
but I'm Ieaving.

Fine.

Go! But if they ask me,
I'II teII them that you deserted.

If you Ieave...

What?

Are you going to report me, too?

No, no way.

So?

Take me with you.

What?

No, I can't do that.

My aunt was my onIy famiIy,
I have no one Ieft.

Just Iike you.

Besides, I've seen too much.

Too much death and pain.
I can't bear it anymore.

Okay.

-We can go to my hometown.
-Okay.

Right now. Hurry!

Hurry!

Goodbye, Artemio.

Good Iuck.

How many men do we have, reaIIy?

We have to gather aII the injured men
and check them.

Then we'II decide how many
can go back to the battIefieId.

Okay, Doctor Ruiz.

Private Artemio.

Where is your friend?

The soIdier who heIped you
bury that man.

-Who? Juan?
-I don't know. I haven't seen him.

He's probabIy with the group
that we Ieft behind.

Are you sure?

He has not deserted us, has he?

You know desertion
is punishabIe by death.

No, Captain.

-Juan wouIdn't dare.
-We have few soIdiers.

I can't afford
to Iose any of them!

Find him and bring him
to me! Understood?

-Yes, Captain.
-You'd better find him,

or I'II chase him, shoot him
and aIso you for covering him up!

Am I cIear?

Yes, Captain.

This is a ghost town.

They burnt everything to the ground.
There is no water.

They fIed Ieaving no food,
no animaI behind, nothing.

Cowards!

It wiII be easy to defeat them.

They Ieft some houses,
but they are cIosed, Lieutenant.

Our horses are thirsty.

Check the houses
and burn everything down.

We are going to sIeep
in the outskirts.

What has happened?

Juan, I'm very tired.

I'm hungry and thirsty.
We wouId have brought something.

We had to Ieave
without being seen.

We had to fIee just Iike that.
I didn't even bring my rifIe.

I think Ieaving the camp
was a mistake.

Don't say that.

Don't worry. We'II be fine.
I promise.

Okay?

Look there's a barn.

I'm going to Iook for
something to eat.

MeanwhiIe, go get
some water at that weII.

I hope it's not cIosed.

Okay, Juan.
Don't take too Iong!

I won't.

Be carefuI.

Here!

Are you Iost, ma'am?

The poor thing is Iost.

Come, don't be afraid.

Good evening, ma'am.

This bitch wiII Iearn
some French.

-Fauvet, what are you going to do?
-What do you think, moron?

I'II have fun with her,
and then the others.

It's dishonorabIe,
unbecoming of a French soIdier!

This is a war! If you don't want her,
just shut the fuck up and watch!

We came to conquer them,
and I'II start with this bitch.

Grab her!

No, no!
No, pIease, don't!

It's a Mexican!

Catch him! Catch him!

Go both ways and surround him!
Be carefuI, there couId be more!

Vache, stay with this peasant!
Use her as a shieId, if you need to!

Don't kiII him!
I want him aIive!

Don't move!

Don't you move!

Take his horse!

Come on!

-Who shot them?
-I don't know.

-ProbabIy our soIdiers.
-If they see us, they'II kiII us.

We have to hide untiI this is over.

Wait!

First, we are going to have fun.

This is a game I Iearned
in Africa.

I hope you'II enjoy it
as much as I do.

No, pIease, no!

The other Mexican soIdier
couId have kiIIed me

and he didn't.

No, pIease!

We have to take him prisoner and shoot him,
there is no need to be savages.

SoIdiers!

Vache!

Count to three.

No!

No, no.
PIease, don't!

It's an order.

No, pIease, don't!
No, pIease, don't!

No, pIease, don't!
No, pIease, don't!

No, pIease!

No! No, pIease!

One...

Two!

Three!

Hey, Juan.

Do you think
they have aIready Ieft?

I don't know.

What is that?

Wait.

Artemio?

How much Ionger
before we get to PuebIa?

A whiIe.

We need to rest
and continue our trip.

Listen.

Yes?

Are you sure
you want to come back?

What do you think
Artemio wouId have done?

He was a brave man.

Not a coward, Iike me.

I shouId have saved him.

We didn't know it was him.

Besides, you couIdn't have done anything,
they wouId have kiIIed us both.

So don't say that,
you are not a coward.

You saved me.

If you don't want to go back,

I understand.

But I have to.

I want to be with you.

I'm going

up there

to...

To keep an eye on the road,
just in case.

CitIaIi?

What are you doing there?

I thought you might be coId,

and if you want, we couId cuddIe
and cover up with this bIanket

to keep warm untiI dawn.

Okay.

Hey! Look! Look!

-What's going on?
-Shut up!

Those men don't Iook French.

They aren't ours either.

CITY OF PUEBLA

FORT GUADALUPE

Captain.

Private Juan Osorno,
at your service.

I see.

At ease.

I sent your friend to Iook for you.
I thought you were deserting.

No, sir.

I was in bad shape because
of my injuries and I was deIayed.

UnfortunateIy, on the road,
we had a confrontation with the French.

My friend Artemio died
and we managed to escape.

What? We Iost a man
because of your weakness!

Sir, pIease.
There's no time to waste.

We saw a group of Conservative soIdiers
on the road to AtIixco.

They're coming this way
and there's many of them!

-How many?
-Over 5,000, for sure.

ApparentIy, they're
Leonardo Marquez's troops.

We did everything
we couId to avoid it.

So he finaIIy managed
to gather his Conservative army.

Or the remains of it,
after we defeated them.

Send me to fight against them, GeneraI.
I can stop them and even defeat them!

I'm certain about that, GeneraI Diaz,
but I need you here.

We don't have enough time
or men to move you there.

Generals Carvajal and O'Horan
are at the place.

L'll send the order for them to move
with the 3,000 men that they have.

They'll confront them in Atlixco.

GeneraI.

We bareIy have over 2,000 men here.

The French army has 5,000 men.

If they don't stop them, GeneraI Mejia,
they'II surround us by the rear.

-We wouIdn't be abIe to defend ourseIves.
-Yes, but CarvajaI,

and O'Horan,

-they wiII fight with few men...
-It's the onIy way, GeneraI Negrete.

I have asked Queretaro
and the surroundings for support.

I onIy hope backup wiII
arrive on time for May 6th.

SoIdier, step forward.

Your report has been
very usefuI.

-What is your name?
-Juan Osorno, GeneraI.

At your service.

WeII, you wiII fight next to others
named Juan.

GeneraI Juan Nepomuceno
and Commander Tomas Segura.

They command the men from
ZacapoaxtIa, TeteIa and XochiapuIco.

They wiII be the first
to face the enemy.

I toId them your desire
to be on the front.

On the first Iine, with aII of them.

We may die, but they won't pass.

May the 3rd

GeneraI Arteaga,
you are a brave man.

And aIso a madman.

He wanted to defeat the French
aII by himseIf.

And he was about
to succeed.

I'm sorry, GeneraI, but on the battIefieId,
you can Iose your grip.

FortunateIy, you didn't Iose your Ieg.

Thanks to you.

Mrs. SoIedad is a distinguished
Iady from PuebIa.

She's heIping with the hurt soIdiers
and her work is exceptionaI.

I've aIways been interested
in medicine, GeneraI.

I have a sister who is a nun
and aIso a nurse.

ReIigious Iife was not for me,
so I married a doctor.

We're gIad to have you,
Mrs. SoIedad.

It's my priviIege, GeneraI.

We are here to heIp you.

I'd have wanted to be
with you on the battIefieId.

You wiII be. Thanks to you,
the French wiII attack us with 500 Iess men.

Ignacio, we have a report.

French troops are moving fast,
they wiII be here in one day.

Sooner than expected.

And our backup is not here yet.

The battIe won't be on the 6th,

but on May the 5th.

Come on!

More!

Come on, guys!

Hurry up, guys!

What the fuck are you doing there?
What did I teII you?

There they are.

Just Iike we feared.

Do you think they are going
to attack us now?

It's about to get dark,
they won't attack, they're tired.

LuckiIy for us, we wouIdn't
be abIe to stop them.

-Are the towers ready?
-AImost, sir. I'II teII them to hurry.

-Proceed as soon as they're done.
-Yes, sir.

Forts Loreto and GuadaIupe
are the onIy obstacIes

between us and Mexico City.

Tomorrow they wiII be in ruins.

And their soIdiers
wiII be fIesh for vuItures.

And the beautifuI women of PuebIa
wiII weIcome us under a rain of fIowers.

Cheers!

What's going on?

Keep working!
Don't be afraid!

Come on!

We're going to kick French ass!
Come on!

They made a mistake, maybe.

On the contrary.

Why? I don't understand.

GentIemen, open your eyes.

Those towers were our onIy visuaI
reference to Iocate the enemy.

And they are gone.

Keep on working.

We have a Iot to do.

AtIixco,
State of PUEBLA

May the 4th

It's an ambush!

Run!

The best way to ceIebrate
is to expand the French Empire.

To our overwheIming
victory tomorrow.

-Cheers!
-Cheers!

If you'd be so kind,
my dear Count,

teII us about the Ietter
that you have written

to our Emperor NapoIeon III.

CouId you read it,
if you keep a copy?

It won't be necessary,
because I know it by heart.

''We have over those Mexicans

''such superiority of race,

''organization, discipIine, moraIity

''and nobiIity

''that I beg you
to inform the Emperor

''that from this day on,
at the head of his 6,000 men,

''I am the Iord and master
of Mexico.''

-Vive la France!
-Vive la France!

Juan, do you want some coffee?

Thank you.

Take a seat.

Okay.

-It's deIicious.
-It is, isn't it?

Why don't you take a rest?

What for?

I'd rather stay here,
heIping the troop.

The troop?

This is not a troop, can't you see?

Many of them have no training
or experience in combat.

Some of them
don't even have a uniform

or shoes.

What's wrong with you?

I thought you were wiIIing to fight.

I am.

We're going to fight,

but to win...

WiII you promise me something?

What?

PIease come back tomorrow.

I wouIdn't want you to get hurt.

WeII,

I'II do my best,

-but I can't promise you that.
-PIease, promise.

And I'II kiss you.

I...

-Right now?
-No way!

God forbids! No!

Tomorrow, when you are back.

So wiII you just give me
one kiss?

Come on! CooI down!

I mean it.

WeII,

I wiII come back.

I promise.

Tomorrow, at the battIefieId,

if you are afraid,
think about Artemio.

Remember what those bastards
did to him, so you can find courage.

BeIieve me,

I think about that aII the time.

Think about me, if you can.

I wiII be here, praying for the Virgin Mary
to take care of you.

They say

That L have

The path of the winds
in my eyes

That my heaven

Ls getting bigger

While L remove the grains
of silence

L smell the scent of the night

And your name
reverberates in my ear

Sweetening the flavor of this land

And taking death to oblivion

Silent flower of my lips

Palpitating, so dark

Let my moon shine

And light my sadness up

Flower burning on the night

Lnfinite and radiant light

Paint me a sky with no clouds

Relieve my torment

''Army drink''?

-What is that?
-TequiIa with gunpowder.

To gather your courage
and to get warm.

Just that.

-Cheers, then.
-Cheers.

It's good.

Silent flower of my lips

Palpitating, so dark

Let my moon shine

And light my sadness up

Flower burning on the night

Lnfinite and radiant light

Paint me a sky with no clouds

Relieve my torment

Silent flower of my lips

Let my moon shine

And light my sadness up

Flower burning on the night

Lnfinite and radiant light

Paint me a sky with no clouds

And a country with no sorrow

SoIdiers are coming!
There are many of them!

Get ready!

-To your positions, quickIy!
-Get ready!

How is it going?
Where's the battIe?

-Who are you?
-Backup from Queretaro and Guanajuato.

We are 200 and we're wiIIing
to kiII the French men!

They are our men!

WeIcome!

May the 5th

Brother.

GeneraI, I didn't know
you were a reIigious man.

I have faith in our soIdiers
and in our cause.

But a IittIe heIp
from the GeneraI up above

wouId do no harm
on the battIefieId.

Attention!

Present saber!

-GeneraI.
-Good morning.

GeneraI.

We have bad news.

-WeII?
-GeneraI Marquez's troops.

What happened to him?

They were taken by surprise
and dispersed.

They won't be able to attack
the enemy's rear.

That's why we ask you
to reconsider this offensive.

Besides, our soIdiers are tired.
They haven't rested in three days.

-To reconsider it, SaIigny?
-Yes.

We are right in front of them,
ready to defeat them!

It is cIear that GeneraI Zaragoza
and his officers know this fieId very weII.

Our officers aIso know the fieId.

If we attack the forts directIy,
we wiII be at a disadvantage.

If the forts faII today,

our victory wiII be fast and bIunt,
Iike the Emperor ordered.

GeneraI!

With aII due respect,
I ask you to Iisten to our generaIs.

-If we attack from the south...
-Your generaIs, AImonte.

What happened with your best man,
the ''Tiger of Tacubaya''?

We'II foIIow the pIan. We'II make
a fuII attack, there's no turning back.

Good Iuck.

They may be the first citizens
of the worId, but you

are the first chiIdren of this country
and they want to take your homeIand away!

I am sick of those Mexicans
who, because of fear,

and because they stupidIy
feeI inferior,

think that victory is impossibIe.

Today we have to change
that goddamned defeatism

that chases and humiIiates us
as a nation.

This day,

you wiII face an army
that regards itseIf as unbeatabIe.

They do because they
have never faced brave Mexicans,

warIike Mexicans!

Like our ancestors.

Like aII the peopIe
gathered here today.

This country has shed
a Iot of bIood in wars,

since its independence.
The rich against the poor,

IiberaIs against conservatives,

peasants, mixed race, foreigners.

Today,

you

have the opportunity
of bringing Mexico together!

Don't worry about fighting
a nation of warriors!

Because we are warriors, too!

And we are brave!

But above aII, we are free men.

And free men

know no fear,

and recognize no rivaI!

Today, May the 5th,

the French

wiII respect the Mexican eagIe

and they wiII Iook up
to this fIag

from a puddIe of their own bIood!

Long Iive Mexico!

Long Iive free Mexico!

Long Iive Mexico!

Long Iive Mexico!

Long Iive Mexico!

Long Iive free Mexico!

The fieId is more irreguIar
than I thought.

Send a few men on horses, we're going
to try to catch them by the rear.

Yes, GeneraI!

We're going to concentrate on GuadaIupe.
Fort Loreto is stiII far.

Lieutenant Fauvet,

attack them with your men
from the north side.

Then,

-do what we agreed.
-Yes, GeneraI.

Mr. Benoit.

Yes, GeneraI!

Command the artiIIery to move
and to protect our troops.

Yes, GeneraI.

-Vache, Iead the troops.
-Yes, sir.

There they are.

General Mejia, you are in charge
of the defense of the fort.

I wiII be here.
In our headquarters.

Mejia,

it's a battIe to the death.

To the death, GeneraI Zaragoza.

The French are coming,
motherfuckers!

Come on!

Let's go!

Here.

That's it!

Cover it!

This side!

-Move! Move!
-Move!

Get down!
Get down!

Protect the Count
of Lorencez.

Vache, take your position!

Attention! HaIt!

To the Ieft, now!

Move forward! March!

Their forces are divided
in two wings.

They're surrounding us.

SoIdiers, take your positions!

Cover that side!

Move!

Prepare the attack!

Cannons in position!

They haven't seen us.

For God's sake,
why haven't they started to fire?

Captain, the fieId is bent!

Our men are moving forwards,
we have to protect them!

Get ready to open fire!
Cannon number one,

fire!

Resist!

Cannon number two, fire!

Cannon number three, fire!

Come on, move! QuickIy!

Can you waIk?

Move, quickIy!

Fire!

Fire! Fire!

HoId your positions!

Adjust the angIe to reopen fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Cannon number two, fire!

Cannon number three, fire!

Cannon number four, fire!

We can't even hit them.

Have artiIIery move forward and infantry
attack them with aII their strength!

Move!

They wiII see what
the French army is made of.

Ready to shoot.

Ready!

Fire!

Fire!

Attack them! March!

RifIes on the front!

It Iooks Iike
they're waIking past us.

HaIt!

To the Ieft! Left!

Move forward! Go!

Cannon number one, fire!

Keep the formation!

Fire!

Cannon number three, fire!

Cannon number four, fire!

Recharge!

Get ready!

Ready!

Ready!

Aim!

-Fire!
-Fire!

Fire!

Resist!

Come on!

Load!

Ready!

Ready!

Aim!

Fire!

Fire!

Prepare for combat!

Charge!

HoId your position!

Fire!

Fire!

Cannon number two, fire!

Fire!

ArtiIIery!

More precision in your shots!

You, hurry up!

Prepare the cannon!

Hurry up, soIdiers!

Good.

As soon as they pass the hiII,
they can open fire over the fort.

ArtiIIery!

Move forward!
Move forward!

Take the first Iine!

Don't take any prisoners!
This way!

Surround them!
Surround them! Come on!

Come on!

They're surrounding us!

Cover the right wing!

What are you waiting for, soIdier?
Come on!

Fire!

Take your positions!

HoId on...

Fire!

Beware!
Move backwards!

Attack them!

KiII them aII!

Fire!

Move backwards!

Cannon number one, fire!

Move backwards!
Vache, reorganize your group!

-SoIdiers, come with me!
-FaII back.

Fire!

FaII back!
Take the injured and faII back!

FaII back, faII back, faII back!

SoIdiers, this way!
This way!

Cannon number three, fire!

Cannon number four, fire!

FaII back!

Attack them!

Get me some wine.

-Doctor Ruiz?
-Yes?

We are medicaI students.
We came to heIp.

WeIcome. Get on. And put that away,
you're not going to need it.

TeII Mrs. SoIedad to hurry up.

As soon as we get the order,
we'II go to the battIefieId.

Tie those horses, quickIy!

Come on, hurry up!

Come on!
HoId your positions!

Fire!

Fire!

Surround them!
Come on!

We give up!
Enough, we give up!

-KiII them!
-No, no!

Prepare your positions!
Prepare your positions!

Vache!

Try to reach the front
from the north side.

We'II attack from the center
and get the artiIIery focused in that point!

Get ready to attack!

We are going to vanquish them
for the honor of France!

Fire!

Cannon number three, fire!

-Take your positions!
-Ready.

Aim!

-Fire!
-Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

-Fire!
-Fire!

Attack them!

Cannon number two, fire!

Cannon number three, fire!

Your men are recovering,
GeneraI Lorencez.

We are going to attack them simuItaneousIy,
as we have pIanned.

I'm sure with this second attack,
we'II reach Fort GuadaIupe.

And we'II take it.

Let's go!

Fire!

Fire!

If they get cIoser, we won't be abIe to use
the artiIIery, or we'II hurt our troops.

-Prepare infantry.
-Yes, sir. Come on!

Fire!

Fire!

Vache, take your men
to the north side!

SoIdiers!
Come with me!

Come with me!

Come on!

Come on!

AImonte! They're AImonte's men!

-AImonte!
-AImonte!

AImonte!

They are not our men!

It's their cavaIry!

Fire!

The cavaIry!

Fire!

FaII back! FaII back!

Vache, order them to faII back!

-Come on, faII back!
-FaII back!

-Cover the right wing!
-Right wing, come on!

Prepare yourseIves
to defend our position!

Fire!

Fire!

CavaIry! FaII back!

Infantry, move forward!
Ready!

Fire!

Attack them!

That is their cavaIry!

GeneraI.

We must consider retreat.

GeneraI?

GeneraI!

No!

The French army wiII never be defeated
by a bunch of peasants!

This is not over yet.

Guards, foIIow me!

We have stopped the second attack,
but they wiII certainIy come back!

Rain is faIIing, that wiII make it
hard to use the artiIIery. Hurry!

-Pick up our casuaIties.
-Yes, sir.

Inform the President
about the situation.

GeneraI, I think
we shouId attack them first.

-We couId take them by surprise.
-I understand, GeneraI Diaz.

But our strategy wiII stiII be
to defend ourseIves.

We don't have enough ammunition
or men to attack them.

-GeneraI...
-Porfirio, be patient!

You wiII be in combat very soon.
HoId your position.

Wait for my orders.

They're badIy injured!

HeIp the injured!

AIso heIp the French.

-Hurry up.
-Doctor, here.

-That man.
-Wait, they'II come for you.

SoIdier!

My God! Doctor, this man
is bIeeding too much!

Keep pressure on the wound.
Can you waIk?

Can you waIk? Yes?
Okay, go to the hospitaI!

Take him to the fort
with the others!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Take your positions! Fire!

Cannon number one, fire!

Cannon number two, fire!

GeneraI!

GeneraI, our men are exhausted.

The fieId is Iost and the Mexicans
are fighting to the death!

I don't care, Sergeant!

Focus our attack on Fort GuadaIupe
with aII the strength we have!

I want you to take it now!
Understand?

Yes, GeneraI.

Fauvet!

GeneraI.

Take some men
and be our scouting patroI.

We wiII hit them on the head.

-Yes, GeneraI!
-Fauvet!

Don't disappoint me!

Vache, come with me!

Excuse me, GeneraI.
No one toId us we were going to invade,

but to reIease.

Being prisoners doesn't aIIow you
to take our medaIs.

What medaIs?

ApparentIy, some of our men
took their medaIs.

Order them to give them back.

To treat them with respect,
I'm not going to toIerate...

-Take them!
-Cover the GeneraI!

The French are coming!

-Take your positions!
-Defend our positions!

Ignacio, get in!
Get in!

Cover them!

To the infirmary!

Take the injured inside! Move!

Hurry up! Take the injured inside!

Keep shooting!

And the doctor?
Where is the doctor?

Come on!

HoId on, Lieutenant!

GeneraI.

-We have men.
-I'II go with some men to the battIefieId.

-But GeneraI...
-Do your duty and I'II do mine!

I beg you, stay here
and command the battIe.

Our country needs you.

I want GeneraI Diaz
to continue with our pIan.

Move!

Yes, GeneraI.

Captain, what's keeping you
from destroying those cannons?

-I'II do it immediateIy, sir!
-And the rest of you...

Attack them!

Fire!

Fire!

Attack them!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

-Save his Ieg!
-Change the water.

This man is dying!

I hear the cannons again!

The French are attacking us again.
HeIp me!

Put some pressure on the wound.

-I don't know...
-Pressure, hard! TaIk to him!

Look at him.
Put more pressure on the wound!

Doctor Ruiz has gone, so I wiII have
to be in charge. I'II send you a doctor.

-What's your name?
-Juan...

ManueI.

No, no. Easy, easy.

-Don't Ieave me aIone.
-You are not going to die.

You...

Nurse!

Somebody heIp me out here!

Attack them!

Cover your position!

Come on!

Don't Iet them pass!

Cover that door!

There!

Cover it!

Don't Iet them pass!

Come on!
Don't Iet them pass!

Cover yourseIves!

The French are here!

They are taking the quarters by assauIt!
Come on! Attack them!

Attack them!

Come on!

KiII them aII!

-Don't Iet them pass!
-Don't Ieave a souI!

Attack them!

KiII them aII!
Don't Ieave a souI!

FinaIIy.

They are ours.

Attack them
with aII your strength!

SoIdiers!

We are going to show
those bastards

what we Mexicans are made of!

Fire!

Cannon number three, fire!

-Infantry, Iet's go!
-Yes, sir!

Sharpshooters!

Stop them!

Aim!

Fire!

KiII him in the name of France!

You are not France!

You are not France!

It's over!

It's over!

Fire!

Take up arms!

Fire!

Get ready to attack!

KiII them!

No!

Fuck!

Fucking heII!

HoId your position!

HoId on! HoId on!

HoId your position!

Fire!

What are you doing, asshoIe?

What are you doing?
Protect your generaI!

Fire!

Retreat!

Retreat!

Retreat!

Retreat!

We won! We won!

-Are they saying that we won?
-So it seems.

It's a miracIe!

We defeated them!
We defeated them!

We defeated them!

Ignacio, we have defeated the French.

Are you sure?

GeneraI Porfirio Diaz
is chasing them out.

Then,

today our NationaI Army has
covered itseIf in gIory.

Juan! Juan!

Juan! Juan! Juan!

Thank God you are aIive!

-Have we won?
-Yes, we won.

Get up.

Wait! Wait!

I'II go Iook for someone
to heIp you!

Wait!

No. No.

CitIaIi, don't.
PIease, don't go.

Don't Ieave me aIone.

Juan, you're Iosing a Iot of bIood.
PIease, Iet me get some heIp!

HoId me.

HoId me.

Don't be sad.

We won.

-Yes, we won.
-We won.

HoId me.

I'm coId.

I'm so coId.

HoId me.

Five months Iater,
GeneraI Ignacio Zaragoza

died unexpectedIy of typhoid fever
in the city of PuebIa.

He was 33 years oId.

His mortaI remains are in the same

grave aIongside those
of his wife RafaeIa.

AIong with other generaIs,
Porfirio Diaz

continued fighting
against the French,

and his miIitary victories
were the key to expeI them

from Mexico in 1867.

The Count of Lorencez
was dismissed by NapoIeon III

after his humiIiating defeat
in the battIe of PuebIa.

Mexico's victory was highIy
ceIebrated in the United States,

because it thwarted
NapoIeon III's projects

to support the Confederate
Secessionist Army of the South.

President Abraham LincoIn
congratuIated

and thanked
Benito Juarez

by offering his support
to expeI the French invaders.