The Attempt Dossier

"The Attempt Dossier" is a 2010 Mexican drama, history and war film directed by Jorge Fons Pérez, based on the novel "El expediente del atentado" (2007) by Álvaro Uribe. The story revolves around an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897 against General Porfirio Díaz by a dipsomaniac man, Arnulfo Arroyo. The film features Daniel Giménez Cacho as Federico Gamboa, the writer who organized the centennial of Mexico's independence and drew inspiration for his novel from Diario de Federico Gamboa, among other sources.