Roots

Overview

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.

Directed by Benito Alazraki

Top cast

B

Beatriz Flores

Martina (segment "Las vacas")

Juan de la Cruz

Esteban (segment "Las vacas")

J

Juan Cano

Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")

R

Rafael Ramírez

The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")

Conchita Montes

The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")

E

Eduardo Urruchua

The City Man (segment "Las vacas")

O

Olimpia Alazraki

Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"

D

Doctor González

Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")

J

Juan Hernández

Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Á

Ángel Lara

The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")

M

Miguel Ángel Negrón

Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")

A

Antonia Hernández

The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")

M

Mario Herrera

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

A

Alicia del Lago

Xanath (segment "La potranca")

Carlos Robles Gil

Eric (segment "La potranca")

T

Teódalo González

Teódulo (segment "La potranca")

L

Laura Holt

Vivian (segment "La potranca")

F

Fernando Marcos

Narrator (prologue)

Details