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Mexican Bus Ride

Mexican Bus Ride

19526.51h 20m

Overview

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.

Directed by Luis Buñuel
Written by Manuel Altolaguirre, Luis Buñuel, Juan de la Cabada
Produced by Manuel Altolaguirre
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Top Cast

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Esteban Márquez

Oliverio Grajales

Lilia Prado

Lilia Prado

Raquel

Luis Aceves Castañeda

Luis Aceves Castañeda

Silvestre

Manuel Dondé

Manuel Dondé

Eladio Gonzales

Roberto Cobo

Roberto Cobo

Juan

Beatriz Ramos

Beatriz Ramos

Elisa

Manuel Noriega

Manuel Noriega

Licenciado Figueroa

Roberto Meyer

Roberto Meyer

Don Nemesio Álvarez y Villalbazo

Pedro Elviro

Pedro Elviro

El cojo

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Leonor Gómez

Doña Linda

Themes & Keywords

race against timefuneralranchbus ridelawyerinheritancepolitical campaigntemptationdeathbedtemptress1950sadult illiteracy

About Mexican Bus Ride

Mexican Bus Ride is a comedy, drama film released in 1952 exploring themes of race against time, funeral, ranch, bus ride, lawyer, inheritance. Directed by Luis Buñuel, it stars Esteban Márquez, Lilia Prado, Luis Aceves Castañeda. 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.

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