MovieDrama
Roots
7.4(24)19541h 43m
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.
- Director
- Benito Alazraki
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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
Angel, 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)
Crew
Directing
- Benito AlazrakiDirector
Writing
- Benito AlazrakiWriter
- Manuel Barbachano PonceWriter
- Juan de la CabadaDialogue
- Carlos VeloWriter
- Francisco Rojas GonzálezStory
- María Elena LazoWriter
- Fernando EspejoWriter
- José Miguel García AscotWriter
Camera
- Hans BeimlerDirector of Photography
- Walter ReuterDirector of Photography
Editing
- Miguel CamposEditor
- Luis SobreyraEditor
Sound
- Blas GalindoOriginal Music Composer
- Rodolfo HalffterOriginal Music Composer
- Guillermo NoriegaOriginal Music Composer