The River and Death
El río y la muerte
1954, Film, 91 min, Drama, Spanish, Mexico, MoviePedia score 65
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one - of the other family - hasn't left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come "home" as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Cast
- Columba Domínguez as Mercedes
- Miguel Torruco as Felipe Anguiano
- Joaquín Cordero as Gerardo Anguiano
- Jaime Fernández as Romulo Menchaca
- Víctor Alcocer as Polo Menchaca
- Silvia Derbez as Elsa
- José Elías Moreno as Don Nemesio
- Carlos Martínez Baena as Padre Julián
- Alfredo Varela as Chinelas
- Miguel Manzano as don Anselmo
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