Cuatro contra el mundo explained

Cuatro contra el mundo
Director:Alejandro Galindo
Producer:César Santos Galindo
Starring:Víctor Parra
Leticia Palma
Music:Gustavo César Carrión
Cinematography:Agustín Martínez Solares
Editing:Carlos Savage
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Mexico
Language:Spanish

Cuatro contra el mundo (Spanish: Four Against the World) is a 1950 Mexican film noir crime drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo,[1] [2] who also wrote the screenplay alongside Gunther Gerzso, and starring Víctor Parra and Leticia Palma, about a gang that raids a van that carries money. The film is considered as a prototype for Mexican film noir.

Cast

Themes

Film critic Emilio García Riera states that the film has a strong influence on the left-wing politics of director Alejandro Galindo. He stated that the film allowed him to represent a crime in a relatively small scenario as an expression of reactionary tendencies.[3]

Production

Cuatro contra el mundo is considered a prototype for a Mexican version of film noir, a genre popularized in the United States in the 1940s.[4]

Restoration

Cuatro contra el mundo has been restored in cooperation with the film library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Fundación Televisa, the Cineteca Nacional and the Morelia International Film Festival. The restored version was part of the Forum section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in 2015, after the head of this section, Christoph Terhechte, had seen it at the Morelia International Film Festival.[5]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Ayala Blanco, p. 16.
  2. Book: Expediente No. A-01846 "Cuatro contra el Mundo". Centro de Documentación e Información, Ficha de Filmes Nacionales. Cineteca Nacional.
  3. García Riera, pp. 133–135.
  4. Web site: 2015 Programme Cuatro contra el mundo Four Against the World . Berlin International Film Festival.
  5. Web site: Función de Cuatro contra el mundo en la Berlinale 2015. Film showing of Cuatro contra el mundo at the 2015 Berlinale. Morelia International Film Festival. es. 12 February 2015.