Two young Mexican attorneys attempt to exonerate a wrongly convicted man by making a documentary. In the process, they expose the contradictions of a judicial system that presumes suspects guilty until proven innocent.

Presunto culpable (2008)
  • Rating: (761 votes)
  • Runtime:87 minutes
  • Directors: Roberto Hernández, Geoffrey Smith
  • Country:Mexico
  • Genre:Documentary
  • Producers:
    Roberto Hernández
    producer  
    Yissel Ibarra
    producer  
    Luciana Kaplan
    executive producer  
    Mónica Lozano
    associate producer  
    Ana Laura Magaloni
    executive producer  
    Layda Negrete
    producer  
    Layda Sansores San Roman
    executive producer  
    Ernesto Canales Santos
    executive producer  
    Harley Shaiken
    executive producer  
    Martha Sosa Elizondo
    producer (as Martha Sosa) 
    Øyvind Stiauren
    associate producer  
    Nicolás Vale
    associate producer  
    Joakim Ziegler
    associate producer  
Presunto culpable
  • User's comment:A documentary that everyone in Mexico (and other countries) should see by tm_internacional

    This film is an eye-opener about a sad reality in my country, the unjust and corrupted conviction system.

    The documentary follows the case of Toño, a flea market computer technician that happened to have the bad luck of being picked by the police as guilty of murdering a man who he didn't even meet. From that moment his life and his family's becomes a living hell because in Mexico you need to prove your innocence, so you're guilty until proved otherwise. So he's convicted for 20 years and now a couple of young lawyers take on the mission of helping him get his freedom and record all the re-trial process.

    IMHO, it's the kind of important film not to be missed, and most important, to take action and demand that several reforms must be made.


  • Also known as: A bűnösség vélelme (Hungary), El externante (Mexico - working title), Enohos mehri apodeixeos tou enantiou (Greece - festival title), Presumed Guilty (International - English title), Presunto culpable (Mexico - alternative title),

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