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Roots (1954)
Directed by Benito Alazraki
Drama · 1h 43m
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.
Cast
B
Beatriz Flores
Martina (segment "Las vacas")
Juan de la Cruz
Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
J
Juan Cano
Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
R
Rafael Ramírez
The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
Conchita Montes
The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")
E
Eduardo Urruchua
The City Man (segment "Las vacas")
O
Olimpia Alazraki
Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"
D
Doctor González
Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
J
Juan Hernández
Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Á
Ángel Lara
The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")
M
Miguel Ángel Negrón
Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")
A
Antonia Hernández
The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")
Crew
- Director
- Benito Alazraki
- Writer
- María Elena Lazo, Benito Alazraki, Fernando Espejo, Carlos Velo, José Miguel García Ascot, Manuel Barbachano Ponce
- Director of Photography
- Hans Beimler, Walter Reuter
- Original Music Composer
- Blas Galindo, Rodolfo Halffter, Guillermo Noriega
- Editor
- Miguel Campos, Luis Sobreyra
Details
- Original title
- Raíces
- Release date
- 1954-09-01
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Production
- Teleproducciones