Los olvidados : The young and the damned

The Resource Los olvidados : The young and the damned
Label
Los olvidados : The young and the damned
Title remainder
The young and the damned
Title variation
Young and the damned
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
Summary
"The best known film of Buñuel's Mexican period, Los Olivados looks unflichingly at life in a festering Mexico City slum. A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life. At the centre of the story is Pedro, a young boy who struggles to be good, and Jaibo, a charismatic and ruthless older boy who has just been released from juvenile detention. Jaibo seeks revenge on Julian, who he suspects informed on him in the past. When the consequences are murder, Pedro tries desperately to free himself from the gang. Full of offbeat images and symbolism, Buñuel mixes realism and surrealism in what is not only one of his most powerful films but also one of the greatest and most heart-wrenching films about poverty and childhood"--Container
Member of
Awards note
Cannes Film Festival, best director, 1951.
Cataloging source
VDES
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Screenwriter, Luis Buñuel, Luis Alcoriza ; producer, Oscar Dancigers ; director, Luis Buñuel
Intended audience
Rating: M
Language note
In Spanish. English subtitles
PerformerNote
Alfonso Mejia, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda
Runtime
77
Series statement
Umbrella world cinema. Luis Buñuel
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action

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