Screens Sunday, October 23, 5:30 pm
El gallo de oro
Mexico / 1964 / 105 min
Director: Roberto Gavaldón
Producers: Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Federico Amerigo, Clasa Films Mundiales
Screenwriters: Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Roberto Gavaldón Cinematographer: Gabriel Figueroa
Art Director: Manuel Fontanals
Music: Chucho Zarzosa, Ruben Fuentes
Dioniso is such a poor man that he finds himself having to bury his mother’s corpse wrapped in a bag. He receives a golden rooster half dead as a gift during the local fair, which he is able to bring back to life. During the local San Juan del Rio town cock fights, Dionisio’s golden rooster prevails in the match, beating the rooster belonging to the local Cacique, Lorenzo. The local town singer (and Lorenzo’s lover) has an interest in Dionisio and his golden rooster. The singer convinces Lorenzo to offer Dionisio a fee for his rooster but Dionisio is convinced that his rooster has magical powers and does not accept the offer.
Dionisio es tan pobre que debe enterrar el cadáver de su madre envuelto en un petate. En una feria, alguien le regala un gallo dorado moribundo, al que logra curar. Al jugarlo en la feria de San Juan del Río, el gallo dorado vence al gallo de un cacique local, Lorenzo, cuya amante La Caponera, suele cantar en los palenques. Dionisio piensa que su gallo tiene poderes mágicos, por lo que no acepta la oferta que le hace Lorenzo por él.
Cast: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Lucha Villa, Narciso Busquets, Carlos Jordan, Agustin Isunza, Enrique Lucero, Diana Ochoa, Agustin Fernandez, Lina Marin
Film Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Film Year: 1964
Run Time: 105 min