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Roots

Roots

IMDB:

7.0
Roots

Released

9/1/1954

Duration

1h 43m

Genre

Drama

Country

Mexico

Cast

Beatriz Flores, Juan de la Cruz, Juan Cano

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.

Cast

Beatriz Flores

Martina (segment "Las vacas")

Beatriz Flores

Juan de la Cruz

Esteban (segment "Las vacas")

Juan de la Cruz

Juan Cano

Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")

Juan Cano

Rafael Ramírez

The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")

Rafael Ramírez

Conchita Montes

The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")

Conchita Montes

Eduardo Urruchua

The City Man (segment "Las vacas")

Eduardo Urruchua

Olimpia Alazraki

Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"

Olimpia Alazraki

Doctor González

Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Doctor González

Juan Hernández

Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Juan Hernández

Ángel Lara

The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Ángel Lara

Miguel Ángel Negrón

Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")

Miguel Ángel Negrón

Antonia Hernández

The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")

Antonia Hernández

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