Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
Cast
Esteban Márquez
Oliverio Grajales
Lilia Prado
Raquel
Luis Aceves Castañeda
Silvestre
Manuel Dondé
Eladio Gonzales
Roberto Cobo
Juan
Beatriz Ramos
Elisa
Manuel Noriega
Licenciado Figueroa
Roberto Meyer
Don Nemesio Álvarez y Villalbazo
Pedro Elviro
El cojo
Leonor Gómez
Doña Linda
Chel López
Compadre Chema
Paz Villegas
Doña Ester - Mamá de Oliverio
Carmelita González
Albina
Gilberto González
Sánchez Coello
Enedina Díaz de León
Doña Sixta- mamá de Silvestre (uncredited)
Amparo Garrido
Justina - hermana de Silvestre (uncredited)
Isabel Herrera
Pasajera camión (uncredited)
Cecilia Leger
Doña Clara (uncredited)
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Guia de turistas (uncredited)
José Muñoz
Don Esteban (uncredited)
Diana Ochoa
Esposa de Manuel (uncredited)
Salvador Quiroz
Lucilo Peña (uncredited)
Francisco Reiguera
Miguel Suárez (uncredited)
Joaquín Roche
Manuel (uncredited)
Isabel Vázquez
Cocinera (uncredited)
Polo Ramos
(uncredited)
Salvador Terroba
(uncredited)
Crew
Luis Buñuel
Director, Adaptation
Juan de la Cabada
Adaptation, Dialogue
Manuel Altolaguirre
Adaptation, Story, Producer
Manuel Reachi
Story
Rafael Portillo
Editor
Alex Phillips
Director of Photography
Jorge López Portillo
Assistant Director
José Rodríguez Granada
Production Design
Edward Fitzgerald
Production Design
Leobardo Sánchez
Camera Operator
Armando Carrillo
Camera Operator
Georgette Somohano
Costume Design
María Luisa Bohorques
Hairstylist
Felisa Ladrón de Guevara
Makeup Artist
Jesús González Gancy
Sound Director
Gonzalo Gavira
Sound Effects
Eduardo Arjona
Sound Recordist
Jorge Benavides
Special Effects
Gustavo Pittaluga
Original Music Composer
Lilia Solano Galeana
Dialogue
Manuel Ladrón de Guevara
Set Decoration
Fidel Pizarro
Production Manager
William W. Claridge
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