Roots

Overview

Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.

Details

Cast

Beatriz Flores

Martina (segment "Las vacas")

Juan de la Cruz

Esteban (segment "Las vacas")

Juan Cano

Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas")

Rafael Ramírez

The Cousin (segment "Las vacas")

Conchita Montes

The City Woman (segment "Las vacas")

Eduardo Urruchua

The City Man (segment "Las vacas")

Olimpia Alazraki

Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora"

Doctor González

Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Juan Hernández

Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Ángel Lara

The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Miguel Ángel Negrón

Angel, The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto")

Antonia Hernández

The Mother (segment "El Tuerto")

Mario Herrera

The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto")

Alicia del Lago

Xanath (segment "La potranca")

Carlos Robles Gil

Eric (segment "La potranca")

Teódalo González

Teódulo (segment "La potranca")

Laura Holt

Vivian (segment "La potranca")

Fernando Marcos

Narrator (prologue)