The Young and the Damned ( Los olvidados ) ( The Forgotten Ones )

The Young and the Damned (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Los olvidados
Alternate Title: The Forgotten Ones
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
77 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )

Directed By:
Luis Bunuel

Written By:
Luis Alcoriza
Luis Bunuel

Actors:
Estela Inda ..... La madre de Pedro
Miguel Inclán ..... Don Carmelo, el ciego
Alfonso Mejía ..... Pedro
Roberto Cobo ..... El Jaibo
Alma Delia Fuentes ..... Meche
Francisco Jambrina ..... El director de la escuela granja
Jesús Navarro ..... El padre de Julián (as Jesús García Navarro)
Efraín Arauz ..... Cacarizo
Sergio Villarreal ..... Pelon
Jorge Pérez ..... Julián
Javier Amézcua ..... Ojitos
Mário Ramírez

Synopsis:

The winner of two Cannes Film Festival awards, Luis Buñuel's Los Olvidados (aka The Forgotten Ones and The Young and the Damned) was the director's first international box-office success. Yet Buñuel showed no signs of curbing the outrageous iconoclasm that made him famous in Europe and South America; one of the more lasting images of the film is the clash-of-cultures shot of a glistening new skyscraper rising above the squalid slums of Mexico City. The story concerns a gang of juvenile delinquents, whose sole redeeming quality is their apparent devotion to one another. Part of the film's perverse fascination is watching Buñuel's street punks cause misery to those less fortunate. The audience immediately identifies with Pedro (Alfonso Mejía), the youngest gang member, who evinces a spark of decency; yet Pedro, like the others, remains a victim of circumstances far beyond his control. Throughout, Buñuel maintains an objective tone; it is our responsibility, not his, to judge the gang members. Seasoned with haunting dream sequences, Los Olvidados was the opening volley in what would turn out to be Buñuel's most creative period.

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City...

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 16 July, 2010.

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