Raíces (film)
{{short description|1955 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Raíces
| image =
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| director = Benito Alazraki
| writer = Benito Alazraki
Manuel Barbachano Ponce
| producer = Manuel Barbachano Ponce
| starring = Juan de la Cruz
| cinematography = Hans Beimler
Walter Reuter
| editing = Miguel Campos
Luis Sobreyra
| music =
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1955|6|10|df=yes}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
| budget =
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Raíces is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by Benito Alazraki. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3754/year/1955.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Roots |access-date=1 February 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}
Cast
- Beatriz Flores - Martina (segment "Las vacas")
- Juan de la Cruz - Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
- Juan Cano - Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
- Rafael Ramírez - The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
- Conchita Montes - The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")
- Eduardo Urruchua - The City Man (segment "Las vacas")
- Olimpia Alazraki - Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Doctor González - Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Juan Hernández - Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Ángel Lara - The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")
- Miguel Ángel Negrón - The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")
- Antonia Hernández - The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")
- Mario Herrera - The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")
- Alicia del Lago - Xanath (segment "La potranca")
- Carlos Robles Gil - Eric (segment "La potranca")
- Teódalo González - Teódulo (segment "La potranca")
- Laura Holt - Vivian (segment "La potranca")
- Fernando Marcos - Narrator (prologue)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0047395|title=Raíces}}
Category:1950s Spanish-language films
Category:Mexican black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Benito Alazraki
Category:Indigenous cinema in Latin America
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