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Cuatro contra el mundo
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Wikipedia article
'Cuatro contra el mundo' (Spanish: 'Four Against the World') is a 1950 Mexican film noir crime drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo,Ayala Blanco, p. 16. who also wrote the screenplay alongside Gunther Gerzso, and starring Vctor Parra and Leticia Palma, about a gang that raids a van that carries money. The film is considered as a prototype for Mexican film noir.
Cast
*Vctor Parra as Paco Mendiola
*Leticia Palma as Lucrecia
*Tito Junco as Mximo
*Jos Pulido as Antonio Gil "Tony"
*Manuel Dond as El Lagarto
*Conchita Gentil Arcos as Doa Trini
*Salvador Quiroz as El general
*Sara Montes as Novia de Tony
*Jos Elas Moreno as Comandante Canseco
*Bruno Mrquez as Don Romulo (as Bruno T. Marquez)
*Manuel de la Vega as Domnguez, agente polica
*ngel Infante as Manejador de cerveceria
*Carlos Bravo y Fernndez as Periodista (uncredited)
*Ramn Bugarini as Detective (uncredited)
*Rafael Estrada as Periodista (uncredited)
*Jess Garca as Empleado de sastre (uncredited)
*Emilio Garibay as Polica (uncredited)
*Leonor Gmez as Vecina de Lucrecia (uncredited)
*Rafael Icardo as Seor Mantecol (uncredited)
*Jorge Martnez de Hoyos as Don Nacho (uncredited)
*Manuel Trejo Morales as Maestro Flaves, sastre (uncredited)
*Alfredo Varela as Empleado de cerveceria (uncredited)
*Hernn Vera as Velador de cerveceria (uncredited)
Themes
Film critic Emilio Garca Riera states that the film has a strong influence on the left-wing politics of director Alejandro Galindo. He stated that the film allowed him to represent a crime in a relatively small scenario as an expression of reactionary tendencies.Garca Riera, pp. 133135.
Production
'Cuatro contra el mundo' is considered a prototype for a Mexican version of film noir, a genre popularized in the United States in the 1940s.
Restoration
'Cuatro contra el mundo' has been restored in cooperation with the film library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Fundacin Televisa, the Cineteca Nacional and the Morelia International Film Festival. The restored version was part of the Forum section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in 2015, after the head of this section, Christoph Terhechte, had seen it at the Morelia International Film Festival.
References
Bibliography
*Ayala Blanco, Jorge. 'Cartelera cinematogrfica 19501959.'
*Garca Riera, Emilio. 'Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano.'
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