Mexican Bus Ride

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Drama
Comedy

Overview

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.

Keywords

race against time
1950s
funeral
lawyer
bus ride
temptation
inheritance
political campaign
ranch
deathbed
temptress
adult illiteracy

Details

Status: Released
Release date: June 25, 1952
Original language: Spanish
Spoken languages: Spanish
Countries: Mexico
Production: Producciones Isla S.A.
Cast: Esteban Márquez,Lilia Prado,Luis Aceves Castañeda,Manuel Dondé,Roberto Cobo,Beatriz Ramos,Manuel Noriega,Roberto Meyer,Pedro Elviro,Leonor Gómezand 17 more
Director: Luis Buñuel
Writer: Manuel Altolaguirre,Luis Buñuel,Juan de la Cabada,Manuel Reachi,Lilia Solano Galeana
Producer: Manuel Altolaguirre
Cinematography: Alex Phillips
Music: Gustavo Pittaluga
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0044084