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2006 | Color | 55 min

José Alfredo Jiménez, a cab driver, and his friend Reinaldo Cruz, a shoeshiner, decide to change their lives and follow their dream of getting together a group of amateur rodeo cowboys to challenge the pros. For this, they must rely on the help of "The Bandit".


Country: México
Direction: Gamou; Gustavo
Script: Gamou; Gustavo
Production: Escalante; Diego
Photography: Gamou; Gustavo
Sound: Baeza; Erik, Escalante; Diego
Music: Theis; Peter
Cast:El Bandido; Fidel, Jiménez; José Alfredo, Cruz Anselmo; Reinaldo
Participation year at FICM: 2006

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