Roots 1954
Raíces
Drama
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")
J
Juan Cano
Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
R
Rafael Ramírez
The Cousin (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")
M
Mario Herrera
The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")
A
Alicia del Lago
Xanath (segment "La potranca")
T
Teódalo González
Teódulo (segment "La potranca")
L
Laura Holt
Vivian (segment "La potranca")
F
Fernando Marcos
Narrator (prologue)
Crew
- Director
- Benito Alazraki
Details
- Release date
- Sep 1, 1954
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studios
- Teleproducciones
- Country
- Mexico
- Language
- Spanish
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