Mexican Bus Ride

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.

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