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nimas Trujano (film)
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Wikipedia article
'nimas Trujano' '('El hombre importante')' ('The Important Man') is a 1962 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodrguez, based on a novel by Rogelio Barriga Rivas. It stars Toshiro Mifune, Columba Domnguez, Flor Silvestre, and Antonio Aguilar.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Plot
, Toshiro Mifune and Flor Silvestre in a publicity photograph for the film
The film's setting is a town in Oaxaca during the festival of its patron saint, for which the church appoints a layman as 'mayordomo' or steward, an honor that in effect is gained by being able to organize and cover the high costs of most of the saint's local festivities. The post is however very coveted by the locals as it is socially prestigious.
nimas Trujano (Mifune, dubbed by Narciso Busquets) is a drunken, irresponsible peasant who abuses his children and does nothing while his long-suffering wife supports the family. Obsessed with earning the respect which is denied to him by his peers as a result of his behavior, Trujano aims to be 'mayordomo' in the annual festival and begins to do everything he can to get the needed money. After his eldest daughter is impregnated out of wedlock by the son of the local land baron (played by Eduardo Fajardo), Trujano sells the baby to the land baron in exchange for a small fortune that makes him eligible to be appointed 'mayordomo'.
Meanwhile, Trujano's wife (Columba Domnguez) encounters trouble when it is revealed that her husband has been seeing a local woman of dubious morals (Flor Silvestre).
Cast
* Toshiro Mifune as nimas Trujano (dubbed by Narciso Busquets)
* Columba Domnguez as Juana
* Flor Silvestre as Catalina
* Pepe Romay as Pedrito (as Pepito Romay)
* Titina Romay as Dorotea
* Amado Zumaya as Compadre
* Jos Chvez as Brujo
* Luis Aragn as Tendero
* Juan Carlos Pulido as Belarmino
* Magda Monzn
* Jaime J. Pons as Carrizo
* David Reynoso as Criton
* Eduardo Fajardo as El Espaol
* Antonio Aguilar as Tadeo
Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962.
See also
* List of submissions to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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