- Nosotros los pobres
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Nosotros los pobres
Film posterDirected by Ismael Rodríguez Produced by Ismael Rodríguez Written by Carlos González Dueñas, Ismael Rodríguez Starring Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz "Chachita" Music by Manuel Esperón Cinematography José Ortiz Ramos Editing by Fernando Martínez Release date(s) 25 March 1948 Running time 128 minutes Country Mexico Language Spanish Nosotros los pobres ("We the Poor") is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez.
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Plot
Two kids take a book from a trash can. They begin to read the story of a poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe "El Toro" (Pedro Infante) lives with his daughter "Chachita" (Evita Muñoz) and woos pretty Celia, known as "La Chorreada" (Blanca Estela Pavón). Around them, a group of people live their lives in many different ways: a pair of always-drunk women are known as "La Tostada" (The Toast) and "La Guayaba" (The Guava); a beautiful woman (Katy Jurado) who always oversleeps, La que se levanta tarde (The one who wakes up late); and a mysterious woman with tuberculosis and a dark past. Tragedy comes when Pepe is falsely accused of robbery and murder, and sent to jail.
This is the first installment of the first trilogy in Mexican cinema. It was followed by Ustedes los ricos (1948) and Pepe el Toro (1952). A fourth film, Ni pobres ni ricos, was never made due to the premature death of Pedro Infante.[1] (This latter title is shared with a 1953 Gloria Marín movie.)
Cast
- Pedro Infante ... José del Toro, 'Pepe el toro' (Pepe the Bull)
- Evita Muñoz "Chachita" ... Chachita (as Evita Muñoz) [2]
- Carmen Montejo ... Yolanda, la Tísica (the Tuberculous)
- Blanca Estela Pavón ... Celia 'La Chorreada' (the Dirty one)
- Miguel Inclán ... Don Pilar
- Rafael Alcayde ... Lawyer Montes
- Katy Jurado ... La que se levanta tarde (the one who wakes up late)
- María Gentil Arcos ... La Paralítica (the Paralytic)
- Delia Magaña ... La Tostada
- Amelia Wilhelmy ... Malena, la Guayaba (as Amelia Wilhelmi)
- Pedro de Urdimalas ... Topillos
- Ricardo Camacho ... Planillas
- Lidia Franco ... Doña Merenciana - Janitor (as Lucila Franco)
- Jorge Arriaga ... Ledo
- Abel Cureño ... Pinocho (as Abel Asencio)
- Jesús García ... El Camello, lottery vendor
- Conchita Gentil Arcos ... Money lender
- Julio Ahuet ... Prisoner
Notes
- ^ Source: Interview with Ismael Rodríguez in The Mexican Cinema: Interviews with Thirteen Directors, Beatriz Reyes Nevares, University of New Mexico Press, 1976.
- ^ The character's name derives from the nickname of the child actress.
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- Mexican films
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- 1940s drama films
- Cannabis-related films
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