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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Alfonso Mejia Estela Inda Miguel Inclan Roberto Cobo

Directors Luis Bunuel

Screenwriters Luis Bunuel Luis Alcoriza

Running Time 85 minutes

Los Olvidados (15)

Plot
Escaped from a reformatory, El Jaibo returns to the Mexico City slums, where his taunting of blind beggar Don Carmelo earns him the fearful respect of street kid Pedro - until he seduces his mother, Marta, and Pedro betrays Jaibo to the cops for killing rival gang member, Julian(Javier Amézuca).

Verdict
Bunuel's superb and uncompromising portrait of the the debasement of humanity in certain situations retains all of its original power.


Reviewer: David Parkinson

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