Roots
Raíces
Rating: 7 · 1954 · Drama · Mexico · 1 ч 43 мин
Description
Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.
Information
- Original title
- Raíces
- Year
- 1954
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1 ч 43 мин
- TMDB
- 7
- IMDb
- 7
Director
Cast
- Beatriz Flores — Martina (segment "Las vacas")
- Juan de la Cruz — Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
- Juan Cano — Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
- Rafael Ramírez — The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
- Conchita Montes — The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")
- Eduardo Urruchua — The City Man (segment "Las vacas")
- Olimpia Alazraki — Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"
- Doctor González — Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Juan Hernández — Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Ángel Lara — The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Miguel Ángel Negrón — Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")
- Antonia Hernández — The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")
- Mario Herrera — The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")
- Alicia del Lago — Xanath (segment "La potranca")
- Carlos Robles Gil — Eric (segment "La potranca")
- Teódalo González — Teódulo (segment "La potranca")
- Laura Holt — Vivian (segment "La potranca")
- Fernando Marcos — Narrator (prologue)