The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis BuñuelDirector
- Gustavo PittalugaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Esteban MárquezOliverio Grajales
- Lilia PradoRaquel
- Luis Aceves CastañedaSilvestre
- Manuel DondéEladio Gonzales
- Roberto CoboJuan
- Beatriz RamosElisa
- Manuel NoriegaLicenciado Figueroa
- Roberto MeyerDon Nemesio Álvarez y Villalbazo
- Pedro ElviroEl cojo
- Leonor GómezDoña Linda
- Chel LópezCompadre Chema
- Paz VillegasDoña Ester - Mamá de Oliverio
Stills
Themes
race against timefuneralranchbus ridelawyerinheritancepolitical campaigntemptationdeathbedtemptress1950sadult illiteracy