Movie·1952·1h 20m
Mexican Bus Ride
Directed By
Luis Buñuel
Country
Mexico
Language
Spanish
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The Story
Original title: Subida al cielo
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.
Producer
Manuel Altolaguirre
Cinematography
Alex Phillips
Music
Gustavo Pittaluga
Editor
Rafael Portillo
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
35 votes
// cast
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)
// crew
Crew
Luis Buñuel
Director
Manuel Altolaguirre
Story, Producer
Manuel Reachi
Story
Gustavo Pittaluga
Original Music Composer
Alex Phillips
Director of Photography
Rafael Portillo
Editor
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