Roots
(1954)

Released: 1954-09-01

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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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Juan de la Cruz

as Esteban (segment "Las vacas")

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Rafael Ramírez

as The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")

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Conchita Montes

as The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")

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Eduardo Urruchua

as The City Man (segment "Las vacas")

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Olimpia Alazraki

as Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"

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Doctor González

as Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")

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Juan Hernández

as Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")

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Ángel Lara

as The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")

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Miguel Ángel Negrón

as The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")

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Antonia Hernández

as The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")

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Mario Herrera

as The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")

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Alicia del Lago

as Xanath (segment "La potranca")

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Carlos Robles Gil

as Eric (segment "La potranca")

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Teódalo González

as Teódulo (segment "La potranca")

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Laura Holt

as Vivian (segment "La potranca")

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Fernando Marcos

as Narrator (prologue)

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Juan Cano

as Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")

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