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Campeón sin corona
1945 | B/N | 111:00

Roberto “Kid” Terranova, an ice cream vendor in La Lagunilla, becomes a boxing champion and quickly begins to earn money. Despite his enormous talent, his aggressive and childish character prompts his inevitable defeat at the hands of Joe Ronda, an American boxer who awakens a profound inferiority complex in Roberto.


Country: México
Direction: Galindo; Alejandro
Script: Ramírez Osante; Gabriel, Galindo; Alejandro
Production: de Anda; Raúl
Photography: Carrillo; Domingo
Sound: Rodríguez; Enríque, Kroger; Bj, Alcayde; Francisco
Music: Ramírez; Rosalío
Cast:Silva; David, Del Llano; Amanda, López Moctezuma; Carlos, Soto; Fernando, Montiel; Nelly, Parra; Víctor, Cañedo; Roberto
Participation year at FICM: 2022

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