Roots
Drama
6.8
Release Date
September 1, 1954
Duration
103 min
Status
Released
Language
es
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.
Casts
Martina (segment "Las vacas")
Beatriz Flores
Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
Juan de la Cruz
Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
Juan Cano
The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
Rafael Ramírez
The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")
Conchita Montes
The City Man (segment "Las vacas")
Eduardo Urruchua
Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"
Olimpia Alazraki
Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Doctor González
Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Juan Hernández
The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Ángel Lara
Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")
Miguel Ángel Negrón
The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")
Antonia Hernández
The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")
Mario Herrera
Xanath (segment "La potranca")
Alicia del Lago
Eric (segment "La potranca")
Carlos Robles Gil
Teódulo (segment "La potranca")
Teódalo González
Vivian (segment "La potranca")
Laura Holt
Narrator (prologue)
Fernando Marcos
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