Roots(1954)
movie - first aired/released 1954-09-01 - 103 min - audience 7.3
Drama
Directed by Benito Alazraki
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.
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Cast
- Beatriz FloresMartina (segment "Las vacas")
Juan de la CruzEsteban (segment "Las vacas")- Juan CanoDon Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
- Rafael RamírezThe Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
Conchita MontesThe City Woman (segment "Las vacas")- Eduardo UrruchuaThe City Man (segment "Las vacas")
- Olimpia AlazrakiJane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"
- Doctor GonzálezHimself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Juan HernándezMariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Ángel LaraThe Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Miguel Ángel NegrónAngel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")
- Antonia HernándezThe Mother (segment "El Tuerto")
- Mario HerreraThe Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")
- Alicia del LagoXanath (segment "La potranca")
Carlos Robles GilEric (segment "La potranca")- Teódalo GonzálezTeódulo (segment "La potranca")
- Laura HoltVivian (segment "La potranca")
- Fernando MarcosNarrator (prologue)
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