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1950 | B/N | 82 min

The influence and power exerted by El Jaibo, leader of a street gang, leads his followers to immorality, delinquency and death. This peak work of Luis Buñuel has been declared "Memory of the World" by UNESCO.


Country: México
Direction: Buñuel; Luis
Script: Alcoriza; Luis, Buñuel; Luis
Production: Danciger; Óscar
Photography: Figueroa; Gabriel
Sound: B. Carles; José
Music: Halffter; Rodolfo, Pittaluga; Gustavo
Cast:Mejía; Alfonso, Cobo; Roberto, Inda; Stella, Inclán; Miguel, Fuentes; Alma Delia
Participation year at FICM: 2005

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The influence and power exerted by “El Jaibo”, leader of a street gang, leads his followers into immorality, delinquency, and death. Luis Buñuel’s masterpiece is part of UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” Register.

 

*Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project at L’Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Fundación Televisa, Televisa, Cineteca Nacional Mexico, and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Restoration funding provided by The Material World Foundation.

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