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Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1952, June 25
Directors: Luis Buñuel
Countries: Mexico
Production: Producciones Isla S.A.
Cast: Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Manuel Dondé, Beatriz Ramos, Francisco Reiguera, Carmelita González, Jose Muñoz, Roberto Cobo, Gilberto González, Amparo Garrido, Isabel Vázquez, Lilia Prado, Cecilia Leger

Overview:

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.

Keywords:

1950s race against time inheritance lawyer political campaign funeral temptation bus ride ranch deathbed adult illiteracy temptress