Roots
7.4
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
18 people
Beatriz Flores
Martina (segment "Las vacas")
Juan de la Cruz
Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
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Juan Cano
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Rafael Ramírez
The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
Conchita Montes
The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")
Known for
What the Peeper Saw
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Eduardo Urruchua
The City Man (segment "Las vacas")
No other roles listed
Olimpia Alazraki
Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"
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Doctor González
Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Juan Hernández
Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
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Ángel Lara
The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")
Miguel Ángel Negrón
Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")
No other roles listed
Antonia Hernández
The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")
Benito Alazraki Director · Carlos Velo Writer Manuel Barbachano Ponce Writer
First release September 1, 1954 · Produced in Mexico · Original title Raíces
Production
Teleproducciones
Production
Mexico
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Languages
Original title
Raíces
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 1954
Limited theatrical · Venice Film Festival, Date Approximate
Mexico · September 1, 1954
Limited theatrical · Venice Film Festival - Date Approximate
No release date listed for United States.
Mexico
June 1, 1955 · Theatrical
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