Mexican Bus Ride
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Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
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Cast
41 people
Esteban Márquez
Oliverio Grajales
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Luis Buñuel Director · Manuel Altolaguirre Story Manuel Reachi Story
First release May 6, 1952 · Produced in Mexico · Original title Subida al cielo
Production
Producciones Isla S.A.
Production
Mexico
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Languages
Original title
Subida al cielo
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
France · May 6, 1952
Premiere · Cannes International Film Festival
Mexico · June 25, 1952
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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