Roots

Roots

NR

6.8

·

1954

·

103m

Roots

Summary

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

Beatriz Flores

Martina (segment "Las vacas")

Juan de la Cruz

Juan de la Cruz

Esteban (segment "Las vacas")

Juan Cano

Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")

Rafael Ramírez

The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")

Conchita Montes

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

Carlos Robles Gil

Eric (segment "La potranca")

Teódalo González

Teódulo (segment "La potranca")

Laura Holt

Vivian (segment "La potranca")

Fernando Marcos

Narrator (prologue)

Crew

Director, Writer

Benito Alazraki

Dialogue

Juan de la Cabada

Story

Francisco Rojas González

Writer

Carlos Velo

Writer

Manuel Barbachano Ponce

Writer

José Miguel García Ascot

Writer

María Elena Lazo

Writer

Fernando Espejo

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Spanish

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

mexico

based on novel or book

anthology

based on short story

indigenous cinema

short stories

native people