Pueblito

1961 | B/N | 85 min

Guillermo, an engineer, has been commissioned to build a school in San Martín. A powerful landowner is against the project. He wants the money to pay the funeral of a child that is still alive but afflicted with typhoid fever

Country: México
Direction: Fernández; Emilio
Script: Magdaleno; Mauricio, de P. Cabrera; Francisco, Fernández; Emilio
Production: Luis Bueno; José, Padilla Jr.; Ezequiel
Photography: Phillips Jr.; Alex
Sound: Samperio; Galdino, González Nancy; Jesús
Music: Díaz Conde; Antonio
Cast:Prado; Lilia, Alonso Cano; José, Soler; Fernando, Domínguez; Columba
Art direction: Fontanals; Manuel
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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