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1948 | B/N | 98 min

1938. Michoacán. Ponciano Robles, an old bachelor, is accustomed to helping poor people in his town. A mule driver begs Ponciano to ask for the hand of a beautiful peasant woman named Rosenda on his behalf. The young woman’s father accepts, but the mule driver repents and leaves the town to avoid the commitment. The kind-hearted Ponciano agrees to take care of the abandoned woman after her parents throw her out of the house.

 


Country: México
Direction: Bracho; Julio
Script: Romero; José Rubén, Bracho; Julio
Production: Marcos; Fernando, Elizondo; Salvador
Photography: Draper; Jack
Sound: Mateos; Javier
Music: Lavista; Raúl
Cast:Rodríguez; Nicolás, Meyer; Roberto, del Castillo; Lupe, Macedo; Rita, Sánchez Curiel; Ildefonso, Velasco; Armando, Arriaga; Jorge, Reiguera; Francisco, Acosta; Rodolfo, Soler; Fernando, R. Frausto; Antonio
Art direction: Bracho; Jesús
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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