Roots(1954)

🎬103 min
📅1954-09-01
🎭Drama
6.8/10

Overview

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 Flores
Beatriz Flores
as Martina (segment "Las vacas")
Juan de la Cruz
Juan de la Cruz
as Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
Juan Cano
Juan Cano
as Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
Rafael Ramírez
Rafael Ramírez
as The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
Conchita Montes
Conchita Montes
as The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")
Eduardo Urruchua
Eduardo Urruchua
as The City Man (segment "Las vacas")
Olimpia Alazraki
Olimpia Alazraki
as Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"
Doctor González
Doctor González
as Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Juan Hernández
Juan Hernández
as Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Ángel Lara
Ángel Lara
as The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")