Roots

Name: Roots
Uploaded: 1954-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 103 min
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.

6.80
January 1954
103 min

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.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
Genres:
Drama
Release:
September 1954
Production:
Teleproducciones
Cast:
Beatriz Flores, Juan de la Cruz, Juan Cano, Rafael Ramírez, Conchita Montes, Eduardo Urruchua, Olimpia Alazraki, Doctor González, Juan Hernández, Ángel Lara, Miguel Ángel Negrón, Antonia Hernández, Mario Herrera, Alicia del Lago, Carlos Robles Gil, Teódalo González, Laura Holt, Fernando Marcos
Tags:
mexico, based on novel or book, anthology, based on short story, indigenous cinema, short stories, native people

Roots

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