Roots (film)
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Roots is a 1955
Mexican drama film
directed by Benito Alazraki
. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival
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1955 in film
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released....
Mexican drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Benito Alazraki
Benito Alazraki
Benito Alazraki was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1955 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* Roots * Muñecos infernales * Santo Contra los Zombis...
. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival
1955 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Marcel Pagnol *Marcel Achard *Juan Antonio Bardem *A. Dignimont *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais *Leopold Lindtberg *Anatole Litvak *Isa Miranda *Leonard Mosley...
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Cast
- Juan de la Cruz - Esteban (segment "Las vacas")
- Juan Cano - Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")
- Rafael Ramírez - The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")
- Conchita MontesConchita MontesConchita Montes was a Spanish film actress.-Career:Born in Madrid, Montes became a popular actress in Spanish films of the 1940s and 1950s...
- 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)