In the late 1950s mexico city won by the now extinct Cine México, which was located in the Roma district where the film was shown for the first time. “Forgotten”, directed by Luis Bunuel. This film was on the bill for only three days because the press and the upper class went crazy, they wanted to lynch the Spanish director over this controversial film.
He didn’t even attend the premiere of The Forgotten Bunuelbecause he already knew what kind of controversy his film would cause, because it was a film that crudely depicted poverty in Mexicobecause of which the Spanish director was asked to leave the country, because his film made obvious the economic inequality in the country.
Panorama of Mexico at the time of the film’s release
mid-years fourtyMexico City suffered from the extremes of modernity, which sharply marked the division between two social classes, those who possessed wealth and those who lived from day to day, a situation that the national cinema of the time was determined to document.
Additional income for entrepreneurs and politicians with regard to foreign investment were evident, in turn, government corruption and the spread of the nouveaux riches widened the gap social and the number of people who were considered middle class increased more and more.
In luxury mansions located in Lomas de Chapultepec, areas such as Candlemas de los Patos and the countless irregular settlements that made up the famous lost cities on the banks of the then DF
What was the movie about?
The plot of this movie will take us to the poorest areas of Mexico City, where street children are considered a plague on the upper strata of society. Jaiboplayed by Roberto Cobo, a teenager who escapes from the penitentiary to meet Pedro, played by Alfonso Mejia.
Jaibo kills in his presence Julianthe boy who allegedly betrayed him and subsequently the situations in his life become more complicated, mainly due to lack of money, so he begins to steal from people that they cannot defend themselves, like the blind, so marked by death and pain after the poverty of the fate of Jaibo and Pedro.
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Source: Heraldo De Mexico
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